A 12-year veteran of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has resigned after a departmental investigation found he took prescription drugs from a woman during an unrecorded traffic stop. ...more

November 4, 2008

A man arrested on burglary charges escaped from the back of a patrol car earlier today but was found this afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 27, 2008

It was an easy arrest thanks to the armed-robbery suspect returning to the crime scene at Orlando International Airport. ...more

October 26, 2008

A local man remained in jail Friday on a $10,000 bond after being arrested Wednesday following a dispute at Fairmount Cinema. ...more

October 26, 2008

BRADENTON - An unidentified man asked to use a woman's phone Saturday night as she was waiting outside for a ride, but the woman grew suspicious. Apparently her instincts were dead-on. ...more

October 19, 2008

As the economy has sunk, burglary and theft have been on the rise, and Florida's top prosecutor warns that it could get worse. ...more

October 14, 2008

A man is being held without bail at the Orient Road Jail this morning after he was accused of choking his disabled girlfriend during an argument, records show. ...more

October 10, 2008

Officials say the games are sold out, but you can still get tickets to see the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox play in the American League Championship Series. ...more

October 10, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 12-year-old girl from Fort Meade. Family friends dropped off Tamara Thomas at her godmother's home, 2985 Morris Drive, Bartow, about 3 p.m. Monday, sheriff's office spokeswoman Donna Wood said. Thomas has not been seen since. ...more

October 7, 2008

Two women were cut by a thief outside a laundromat Saturday night as they tried to wrestle away from him a purse he had just stolen from one of them, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

October 6, 2008