A New Port Richey man was arrested Tuesday and charged with kidnapping and threatening to shoot to death the teen he blamed for a botched transaction, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. Keith R. Stokes, 45, was arrested on charges of armed kidnapping and aggravated battery with a firearm. Mary Taylor, 19, told authorities she lives with Stokes, his wife and three children at their residence, 6753 Temple Ave., New Port Richey, said he sells drugs from the house and is a member of the Insane Gangster Disciples street gang. ...more

March 11, 2009

A collection of consumer questions about kitchen- and food-related issues. ...more

March 11, 2009

A man apparently poured gasoline over himself and set himself on fire Tuesday night, suffering burns over about 75 percent of his body. ...more

March 11, 2009

A Seminole family is upset with the law after a neighbor's pit bull escaped from its yard and killed its puppy Saturday. ...more

March 10, 2009

An electrical fire destroyed a home at 1205 E. 15th Avenue in Tampa early Sunday morning. Shortly before 1:20 a.m., firefighters arrived at the house and reported smoke and flames coming from the one-story home, according to a news release from Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

March 8, 2009

Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman became unhinged with fear last year when she thought she had lost one of her children, repeatedly telling an emergency dispatcher, "Oh God, I'm going to kill myself," according to a recording of her 911 call released Wednesday by police. ...more

March 5, 2009

A woman called authorities to her home after her half-sister arrived minutes earlier, punched her, put her in a headlock and head-butted her, deputies said. ...more

March 4, 2009

A woman bit her boyfriend and attacked him with a steak knife on Thursday after he told her their relationship was over. ...more

February 27, 2009

A Riverview man who ran over his neighbor's 3-year-old son in his pickup was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison followed by five years of probation, the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office said. ...more

February 27, 2009

A woman bit her boyfriend and attacked him with a steak knife on Thursday. ...more

February 27, 2009