TAMPA - A Latin Kings gang member failed to provide proper shelter to several dogs and birds, causing them to live in their own waste, investigators say. Carlos Ruben Rodriguez, 24, of Tampa, was arrested Monday. ...more

October 9, 2007

The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new 'tribe' in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new "tribe" in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 4, 2007

Dwight Leodis Kitchen saw the two deputies approaching him and dropped from the front passenger seat of his friend's car to the floorboard. ...more

October 3, 2007

Authorities have released the name of the 19-year-old who was shot dead Monday night in Plant City by an undercover Hillsborough County deputy. Dwight Leodis Kitchen, of 901 W. Renfroe St., Plant City, was shot by an undercover deputy who was serving an arrest warrant on another teen wanted for dealing in stolen property, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

October 2, 2007

A spider web tattoo covered his left elbow and 'Mi Vida Loca' stretched down his right calf in 3-inch letters. ...more

September 27, 2007