St. Petersburg police have arrested two men and are searching for a third they say are suspected of robbing two insurance companies Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 31, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Police investigating the disappearance of an Anna Maria Island motel owner have found blood in her car and clothes belonging to her in the trunk. ...more

November 11, 2008

Pasco County deputies and detectives, aided by a drug-sniffing dog, found 85 pounds of marijuana in a car that was stopped because of an improperly attached license plate, the sheriff's office reported today. The driver, Jose-Juan Carlos Castro-Ramirez, 29, of Lacoochee, was arrested on a charge of trafficking marijuana. He is being held in the Land O' Lakes Jail with bail set at $50,000. Castro-Ramirez was driving a 1997 Saturn near Old Lakeland Highway and Stewart Road south of Dade City when he was pulled over at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday by the sheriff's office's Street Tactical Operations and Patrol, a report said. ...more

October 23, 2008

BRADENTON – Three men who sold $1,100 worth of what was believed to be heroin to an undercover detective led authorities on a 45-minute pursuit Thursday night. ...more

October 18, 2008

Linda Walsh and Maverick stand in a field at Camp Cloverleaf. Gerard Thanhoffer and a dozen other dog owners crowd around on both sides. Close. Closer. The German shepherd doesn't spook. He watches carefully, he understands it was a test, and therefore he didn't mind. ...more

October 13, 2008

The narcotics-sniffing dog Zuul smells drugs on almost every car he checks. But that does not necessarily mean there are drugs on board. ...more

September 21, 2008

The lockdown of five Sarasota schools was lifted at 4:30 p.m. today after police arrested two armed men they say entered a home on Victoria Avenue and attacked a person inside. ...more

September 16, 2008

Mojo isn't the type of police dog that bites the running bad guy. ...more

September 16, 2008

Tampa Police Chief Stephen Hogue and his department brought an amphibious tank, a police horse and two canine units to Heritage Isles' third annual National Night Out on Aug. 5, but they had a hard time upstaging the balloon man. ...more

August 13, 2008

Are the colorful characters involved in this latest series of media sideshows concerned about the fate of Sabrina Aisenberg, or are they simply interested in drumming up publicity for themselves? ...more

August 6, 2008