It was the second day of a week-long training seminar in Stuart, but a Highlands County Sheriff's Office bloodhound went right from class and into the field to help nab a purse snatcher. ...more

November 20, 2009

A suspect's bullet blazed through the windshield of a sheriff's cruiser Friday, barely missing a deputy's head. ...more

November 14, 2009

One person is in custody and authorities are searching for a second suspect after a gunman opened fire on Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies this morning. ...more

November 13, 2009

A memorial service will be held Friday for Gunner, the Zephyrhills police dog who died during a burglary call Thursday. ...more

August 12, 2009

A memorial service will be held Friday for Gunner, the Zephyrhills police dog who died in the line of duty Thursday during a burglary call. ...more

August 11, 2009

Heavy on direct and light on metaphors means two years in state prison for a man who recorded a rap song in which he threatened to kill two police officers. ...more

July 30, 2009

A Bradenton man released from prison last month for battering an officer and a police dog fought with a K-9 officer again today, authorities say. ...more

April 1, 2009

A Bradenton man punched and choked a sheriff's dog this morning, Manatee County deputies said. ...more

April 1, 2009

Investigators have identified the man who stabbed a police dog and was shot dead by a Citrus County sheriff's deputy as 26-year-old Dominic Giacobbe. ...more

March 24, 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