A high school band director is accused of molesting one of his students in the school's band room, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

March 13, 2010

A high school band director has been jailed after being accused of molesting one of his students in the band room. Raphael J. McLean, 26, was charged with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation, a felony. He was taken to the Pinellas County Jail, where bond is set at $20,000. ...more

March 11, 2010

A double dose of pepper spray cost a Pinellas deputy more than a month's pay after a confrontation with an unruly inmate inside the Pinellas County Jail. ...more

March 5, 2010

John Bredeson, the father of slain Laura Taft, remembered his daughter Tuesday night as "warm, vibrant, caring, alive, happy, fabulous, mother, daughter. ...more

February 24, 2010

Craig Wall, the ex-convict accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend - and suspected in the death of their 5-week-old son - told his mother he stabbed the girlfriend, according to court documents released Monday. ...more

February 23, 2010

James Ruland, a sergeant with Port Richey Police until he was fired Friday, had been under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration since January, according to a criminal complaint filed in Tampa federal court. ...more

February 23, 2010

Craig Wall, the ex-convict accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend – and suspected in the death of their 5-week-old son – told his mother he stabbed the girlfriend, according to court documents released this morning. ...more

February 22, 2010

A Clearwater man accused of killing his girlfriend and suspected of killing their 5-week-old son was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on Sunday after a judge in Sumter County ordered him held without bail. ...more

February 22, 2010

A Port Richey officer gets fired after being arrested on federal drug charges ...more

February 21, 2010

A homeless man taken to Mease-Dunedin Hospital on Thursday night had a pipe bomb with him, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 12, 2010