Two Tampa men are being held without bond after being charged with kicking in an apartment door, holding up the tenant at gunpoint and then leading police on a high-speed chase. Javarius Lenear Taylor, 22, and Jamarcus Donnell Sapp, 19, were arrested at 8 p.m. Thursday. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA - Two Tampa men are being held without bond after being charged with kicking in an apartment door, holding up the tenant as gunpoint and then leading police on a high speed chase. Javarius Lenear Taylor, 22, and Jamarcus Donnell Sapp, 19, were arrested at 8 p.m. Thursday. ...more

December 12, 2008

Sarasota deputies have arrested a man they say raped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint this month. Marcoust Dula, 36, was arrested Wednesday night in Sarasota and is charged with sexual battery of a child, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, grand theft and kidnapping. ...more

December 11, 2008

Justin Maza pointed a firearm at a person Wednesday night and ordered him back inside a Tijuana Flats restaurant in Brandon, Hillsborough County deputies say. He held four people at gunpoint there, refusing to let them leave, and made a motion to one of the people to give him money, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. Maza, 19, later ran from the restaurant, 11007 Causeway Blvd. ...more

December 11, 2008

Pinellas County detectives arrested a 31-year-old man they say robbed a convenience store at gunpoint Saturday night, getting away with cash and a customer's cell phone. ...more

December 7, 2008

A Mattress Giant employee was robbed at gunpoint last week when tried to make change for a man, Clearwater police said. ...more

December 5, 2008

TAMPA Three teenagers are accused of robbing a Pizza Hut deliveryman at gunpoint, then ordering him to kneel in a closet while facing the wall, police said. Victor Maurice Tanner Jr., 19, Malcolm Rashad Hill, 19, and Frederick Wallace Reddick, 18, were held without bail today at the Orient Road Jail. Tampa police arrested them Wednesday on felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, records show. ...more

December 4, 2008

Deputies are looking for a man they say robbed a BB&T bank in Brandon about 3:26 p.m. today. ...more

December 3, 2008

When robbing six men at gunpoint, it's not a good idea to put the pistol down on a table to remove a bracelet from a victim. ...more

November 30, 2008

She was supposed to have hosted a Thanksgiving celebration for out-of-state relatives. ...more

November 29, 2008