She almost made a clean getaway. But a resident foiled her plans when she spotted 55-year-old Vallarie Delor Thompson, swiping two jugs of laundry detergent from her garage Monday afternoon, according to a police report. ...more

July 22, 2009

An overcooked dinner earned a Spring Hill man a vicious knock on the head from his angry brother. ...more

July 21, 2009

A 61-year-old Tampa man driving a motor scooter Wednesday on Himes Avenue was seriously injured when his vehicle was struck by a GMC pickup, Tampa police say, ...more

July 16, 2009

A 31-year-old Tampa man sliced a pit bull's ear off with a machete, Hillsborough County Animal Services says. ...more

July 10, 2009

Three people say they were beaten when they arrived home Monday night in the River Ridge Country Club subdivision. ...more

June 24, 2009

A Webster man man is in critical condition this afternoon after a two-vehicle accident near Richland. Ryan Holewinski, 43, was driving south on U.S. 98 around 7 a.m. today when a pickup turning onto the highway from Janmar Road drove into his path, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. ...more

June 22, 2009

Student performance at Florida's charter schools falls far below that at traditional public schools, according to a Stanford University report. ...more

June 17, 2009

Pasco County Sheriff's Office investigators say Arron Derell Jackson, 19, used brass knuckles to batter two people at a home on Casey Drive in New Port Richey on May 30. ...more

June 17, 2009

TAMPA -- A Tampa woman poured gasoline in front of and around the side of an occupied business and threw a lighter on the gas before fleeing Monday afternoon, Tampa police say. The incident occurred outside a window tinting business at 2604 N. 22nd St. ...more

June 16, 2009

A 48-year-old Orlando woman was killed Sunday afternoon in a two-car crash that also sent three of her passengers to area hospitals. ...more

June 14, 2009