A 26-year-old Tampa woman has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving an injury to a pedestrian. ...more

February 23, 2009

Polk County detectives said a Winter Haven man presented himself to people as a law enforcement officer, searched them, took their money and sprayed them with pepper spray. ...more

February 20, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspected drug dealer during a shootout this morning. ...more

February 20, 2009

A man posing as a pest control employee has been targeting elderly women and stealing their jewelry. Deputies haven't named a suspect, but they are circulating a rendering of the man, who is Hispanic and in his late 20s. Deputies say he weighs about 160 pounds, has a medium build, dark hair, dark complexion, a possible mustache and is between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall. ...more

February 18, 2009

A 42-year-old man who said he owns and operates several rides and games for the Florida State Fair tried to pay for sex with a 14-year-old boy in Tampa on Sunday, Tampa police say. Instead, he was met by law enforcement. ...more

February 16, 2009

A Sarasota man has been arrested on federal charges that he sent threatening e-mail to people, including a state representative. ...more

February 12, 2009

A man was shot and another was stabbed in what appears to be two unrelated incidents this morning on opposite sides of Inverness. ...more

February 11, 2009

A man who tried to enter a woman's car under the guise of an undercover officer was arrested Monday. ...more

February 11, 2009

A man who tried to enter a woman's car under the guise of an undercover officer was arrested Monday. ...more

February 10, 2009

Neither the stepdaughter of a Polk County firefighter nor the stepdaughter of a Winter Haven police officer was wearing a seat belt when the teenagers were involved in a fatal wreck Sunday morning, Polk County deputies said today. ...more

February 9, 2009