Children no longer would be arrested for such minor violations of zero tolerance polices as bringing plastic butter knives to school, drawing pictures of guns or throwing an eraser under measures moving through the Florida Legislature. ...more

March 25, 2009

A man stabbed a police dog and then attacked Citrus County sheriff's deputies before he was shot to death early this morning. ...more

March 23, 2009

Early this morning, police pulled over a 2006 Honda Ridgeline pickup at Waters and Armenia avenues because, they say, it had a broken left brake light. When the driver consented to a search, police found a baggie of cocaine that was purchased by a father for his son, police say. ...more

July 29, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Patrol officers are looking for two men who robbed a man on the Pinellas Trail this afternoon, police said. ...more

June 24, 2008

TAMPA - Authorities seized 104 potential weapons from people who came to the rally Wednesday for presidential candidate Barack Obama at the St. Pete Times Forum, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. ...more

May 23, 2008

A suspect in two robberies surrendered peacefully saturday night, in part because he was "tired of running." ...more

January 21, 2008

CLEARWATER - Police swooped down on a baseball field across the street from Kennedy Middle School today and arrested seven boys they say took part in a gang-related attack on campus Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 2008

TAMPA - Without an argument from prosecutors, a circuit judge this morning granted bail for James Behanna, whose manslaughter conviction last year was overturned by an appellate court Friday. ...more

December 10, 2007

A beauty contest became ugly when one contestant went to another's house and cut her face with a knife to disfigure her, said Lt. Keva Harris of the Haines City Police Department. ...more

October 26, 2007