Three teenagers shined a flashlight into a blue Dodge Stratus on Monday night and prepared to steal the vehicle. ...more

December 9, 2008

David Hernandez struck a person with a baseball bat, causing cuts to the right eye and upper lip, Tampa police say. The attack was Oct. 19. Police arrested him Sunday morning. ...more

December 8, 2008

Justin Ryan O'Quinn threw a cordless phone at a person and tried to strike him with a pipe this morning, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Two suspected car thieves were arrested Thursday night after the car they were in, which was being chased by Pinellas County sheriff's deputies, crashed into a home in Gulfport. Joe Lewis Bradford, 20, of 4057 Ninth Ave. S., and Darryl D. Jenkins, 20, of 4702 15th Ave. S. were caught after they got out of the wrecked 2006 Saturn and ran, deputies said. They were tracked by dogs and arrested an hour and a half later within three blocks of the crash. ...more

November 28, 2008

A Tampa man and a teenager were arrested late Sunday night after a short police chase that ended when the car they were in, which was reported stolen, crashed. Today, police continued to search for an unidentified man who jumped out of the car while it was being pursued. ...more

November 24, 2008

Henry Morgan wanted to save his pets. Instead, he ended up in handcuffs and at least three dogs and a cat perished in the blaze that destroyed his home. ...more

November 22, 2008

Henry Ben Morgan wanted to save his pets. Instead, he ended up in handcuffs and at least three dogs and a cat perished in the blaze that destroyed his home. ...more

November 21, 2008

Garrey Deon Gibson continued resisting arrest Tuesday night even after being zapped by a Taser, Hillsborough County deputies say. About 9:50 p.m. at Symmes Road and North Street in Gibsonton, deputies conducted a traffic stop on Gibson. They saw him put a green leafy substance into his mouth, and they believed it was marijuana. ...more

November 19, 2008

A 39-year-old Plant City man placed a new John Deere lawn tractor in his mother-in-law's shed, Hillsborough County deputies say. It was valued at $1,650. One problem: It had been reported stolen to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 18, 2008

The driver of a stolen Ford Explorer drove off at speeds greater than 85 mph when a Hillsborough County deputy tried stopping him at Causeway Boulevard and 78th Street on Monday night, deputies say. ...more

November 18, 2008