Authorities say a toddler survived a fall from a fourth-floor apartment in Lauderdale Lakes. ...more

October 16, 2009

Two suspects were arrested today in a New Tampa home burglary in which an intruder used a pillowcase from a sleeping child's bed and filled it with stolen goods. Police arrested James Wilson Maymi, 29, and Yesenia M. Sanchez, 22, both of 5606 Josephine Court, Apt. D. Police were still searching for Luis R. Rivera, 19, whose role in the case was unclear. ...more

October 16, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - If the charges stick, marijuana grow houses have gone upscale. Pasco County Sheriff's Office vice and narcotics detectives raided four such houses Tuesday and say it is the first time they have discovered grow houses in homes of this caliber. ...more

October 14, 2009

A woman perusing Craig's List last week spotted her stolen bicycle for sale, authorities said. ...more

October 12, 2009

A 54-year-old caregiver was arrested Thursday, accused of bilking a 63-year-old disabled client of $1,600. ...more

October 10, 2009

A grand jury is calling it murder. David McBurnett Jr., 19, was indicted for first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, Hunter Morris. The child, who suffered internal bleeding, a rib fracture and "numerous contusions," died in the hospital on Sept. 12. ...more

October 3, 2009

A mother and son are dead and a third person is injured after a home invasion in Palmetto late Thursday night. ...more

October 2, 2009

Pasco deputies are investigating two unrelated shootings that occurred early Thursday. ...more

October 2, 2009

AA 52-year-old female pedestrian was struck and killed by a Nissan Altima about 6:30 a.m. today in the 1200 block of West Waters Avenue, Tampa police said. The vehicle's driver, 69-year-old Carlos Alquizar of Lutz, will not be cited, police said. Debbie Gower, 52, of Tampa, was struck while walking northbound across Waters Avenue. She was not at a crosswalk, police say. ...more

September 29, 2009

Polk County sheriff's deputies have accused a Winter Haven man of having images of child pornography on his iPod. ...more

September 27, 2009