A mother and daughter were arrested by city police Thursday afternoon, accused of bilking their 93-year-old relative, who has dementia and other ailments, for nearly $21,000. ...more

November 7, 2009

Heavy on direct and light on metaphors means two years in state prison for a man who recorded a rap song in which he threatened to kill two police officers. ...more

July 30, 2009

A Port Charlotte woman who is nearly eight months pregnant has been charged with possession of oxycodone and drug paraphernalia. ...more

July 10, 2009

A man previously convicted of second-degree murder and robbery was arrested Monday night on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hillsborough County deputies arrested Johnny Maurice Levy, 35, of Tampa, at 11:04 p.m. Monday. ...more

July 7, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies said they have charged five men with trafficking in more than 150 kilograms of cocaine, one of the sheriff's department's largest drug cases. ...more

April 23, 2009

An unmarked FBI car has been found and a Tampa man has been arrested and charged with the theft. ...more

April 1, 2009

A Bradenton man punched and choked a sheriff's dog this morning, Manatee County deputies said. ...more

April 1, 2009

A man that investigators say used fake Tampa Electric Co. identification to get Hillsborough County residents to pay him their bills has been sentenced to five years in prison, according to Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay. ...more

March 10, 2009

When a man walking through Tampa Housing Authority property saw uniformed officers nearby Monday night, he ran off and tried hiding by illegally entering the home of a person he didn't know, police say. Officers later determined the man, Jonathan Lee Stealey, had an active arrest warrant for violating probation of resisting arrest with violence. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man nicknamed "Bear" pulled a semi-automatic handgun from the waistband of his pants Monday afternoon, pointed it at someone's head and fired a shot, barely missing, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

March 4, 2009