A 73-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on charges he grabbed a teenager by the shirt and flashed a phony law enforcement badge. ...more

April 8, 2009

A 49-year-old Tampa man slammed a 15-year-old to the ground Sunday, police say. The teen struck the man several times in the face to stop the attack, according to police. The teenager, who suffered a broken cheek bone, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital. Tampa police arrested Alphonso Lee King at 11:25 a.m. Monday. King was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. He was booked at Tampa General Hospital. He remains there. His bail is set at $7,500. ...more

April 7, 2009

A man in his 40s and a 15-year-old boy were injured this afternoon when the personal watercraft they were trying to get on, off the shore of Sand Key, exploded, according to fire and police officials. ...more

March 24, 2009

The only teenager to receive jail time for her role in the videotaped beating of a Polk County girl is back home. Brittini Hardcastle, 17, left jail this morning. She was sentenced Friday to 15 days behind bars and released today because she had previously served some of that time. ...more

March 24, 2009

An August trial date was scheduled today for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Wayne S. Timmerman set Aug. 10 for Ragusa at the request of prosecutors and Ragusa's attorney Robert Herce. ...more

March 19, 2009

An 11th-grader at Alonso High School was arrested Wednesday, accused of toting three bags of marijuana around campus along with a portable, battery-powered scale. ...more

March 18, 2009

Deputies charged a Riverview woman with felony aggravated child abuse, saying she threw a billiard ball at her 17-year-old son. Ann Irene Isler, 42, was held without bail at the Orient Road jail today, records show. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested her at home about 10:45 p.m. ...more

March 17, 2009

A 16-year-old Gibsonton girl reported missing has been found safe, deputies said this morning. Myra Enereyda Campos told her mother she was going to wash laundry on the front porch of the family's home at 8504 Symmes Road, Lot 3, on Tuesday evening and did not return. Her mother became concerned because the girl had never left home before. ...more

March 12, 2009

A teenager who pleaded guilty to mugging a blind man was sentenced today to five years in prison and five years of probation. ...more

March 11, 2009

A police officer who initially faced allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old Tarpon Springs High School student he worked with has resigned today. ...more

March 6, 2009