TAMPA - Police have busted an organized burglary ring after a four-month investigation, investigators said this morning. ...more

January 3, 2008

Golden Pleas was running errands Monday morning when she saw a GMC Acadia SUV overturned across the eastbound lanes of East Hillsborough Avenue that looked just like the one her son left in that morning. ...more

December 31, 2007

A chase that hit speeds of 100 miles per hour Thursday evening resulted in three crashed patrol cars, injuries to an uninvolved motorist and the suspect's arrest on multiple charges, according to reports from the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 15, 2007

Joshua Wilkins, charged with slaying of a 28-year-old Tampa man, led Texas deputies on a high speed chase before he was arrested, Kendall County officials said. ...more

December 11, 2007

Victor Johnson paid a registered nurse $1,000 a week to take care of him while he waited for terminal cancer to take its course. ...more

December 8, 2007

Fugitives beware. A new squad at the Florida Department of Corrections has helped to locate, and has aided in the arrest of, seven suspected prison fugitives - all within the past four weeks. Each of the seven had been on the lam for at least 20 years. ...more

November 6, 2007

Fugitives beware: A new squad at the Florida Department of Corrections has helped to locate, and has aided in the arrest of, seven suspected prison fugitives — all within the past four weeks. Each of the seven had been on the lam for at least 20 years. ...more

November 5, 2007

AVON PARK — Walking through Avon Park Youth Academy, it's easy to forget you are surrounded by convicted felons. Teenage boys respond to questions with "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir," they work together on projects and ask their instructors questions. But the fence topped by razor wire reminds the residents they are forced to be there. Right now the 200-bed facility is almost at capacity, with 196 residents from areas throughout the state who were placed there by the Department of Juvenile Justice. ...more

October 28, 2007

TAMPA - Tampa police used a Taser on a man after a brief chase in central Tampa today. The chase started when an officer tried to pull over a truck that matched the description of a vehicle driven by a suspect in an earlier stabbing. ...more

October 26, 2007

An 18-year-old man accused of beating his girlfriend and taking off with her 9-month-old baby was arrested Wednesday, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

October 26, 2007