The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Monday shooting in Lake Placid that is being worked as a homicide. ...more

November 4, 2008

James Barnes' stated motive for killing his wife, Virginia Barnes, was because he did not want her to live with her "current state of dementia." ...more

October 24, 2008

Just down the road from the mobile home where the body of a 21-year-old still lay late Thursday morning, more than a dozen relatives and friends gathered beyond the yellow crime scene tape waiting for answers, looking for comfort and processing what had happened. ...more

October 17, 2008

The roommate of Thomas Andrew Grieco, charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old Brooke McDonald, said he believes Grieco meant no harm and thought the .44-caliber Magnum revolver was unloaded. ...more

October 15, 2008

Police this afternoon are investigating the death of a man with a gunshot wound to the upper body. They are labeling the death suspicious. ...more

October 13, 2008

MULBERRY Two teenagers were arrested today in the armed robbery of two men outside their home, one of whom was injured by a gunshot, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 27, 2008

BRADENTON – "I was somewhere else" is the only defense offered by former Lakewood Ranch High quarterback Timothy Brooks, who faces charges he fatally shot a man in mid-July. ...more

September 23, 2008

The three Hillsborough County deputies who ended a gunman's rampage in northwest Tampa in June were honored Tuesday for their efforts. ...more

September 10, 2008

Three Hillsborough County deputies who ended a gunman's rampage in northwest Tampa in June will be recognized at an awards ceremony this afternoon. Deputy Malachi McCoy, 29, will receive the Medal of Honor, the highest award bestowed by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Deputies Ray Wilson and Arturo "Art" Lence will receive the Silver Cross. ...more

September 9, 2008

A man shot himself in the chest and lied about it to law enforcement so he could claim disability benefits, North Port police say. ...more

September 9, 2008