Detectives arrested a Pinellas County detention deputy this morning while he was on duty and charged him with doctor shopping and prescription fraud. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Michael Bowman was arrested following an investigation that started in August after the department received information he was getting treatment from more than one doctor with the intent to get prescriptions for hydrocodone and oxycodone. ...more

November 3, 2009

Authorities have finally laid to rest a case of skullduggery that started more than 20 years ago. ...more

October 30, 2009

When he saw the gravedigger pull the skull out of the dirt hole, he knew it could only bring bad luck. ...more

October 29, 2009

In seven years of environmental detective work for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Bob Ankenbauer says, he never saw anything as alarming as the abandoned APF Industries chemical lab littered with open jars of acid and cyanide. ...more

October 24, 2009

A 48-year-old Treasure Island man who spent much of Sunday drinking and watching football was found floating face down in a hot tub and is believed to have drowned, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says. Charles Higgins was found in the tub at 6760 W. Flamingo Way S. in South Pasadena just before midnight Sunday. Three men are roommates at the house, the sheriff's office said. ...more

October 12, 2009

The Bay area grandmother accused of shooting and killing her granddaughter's estranged husband is on her way back to her home state of Illinois. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Web site, Shirley Skinner left the Pinellas County jail at 7:55 this morning. ...more

October 7, 2009

A missing tourist from Alabama has been found unhurt after he took a walk and disappeared on Madeira Beach this morning. ...more

October 6, 2009

A man's arm was nearly severed this afternoon when he was thrown from a boat traveling through John's Pass near Madeira Beach. ...more

September 19, 2009

An aircraft has gone down in the Gulf of Mexico off Johns Pass and rescue crews have recovered one body and are looking for others, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. ...more

September 5, 2009

Probably, to the raccoon, it seemed like a good idea at the time: Tasty peanut butter at the bottom of a jar. There was one problem, however: It was just out of reach. ...more

September 3, 2009