Deputy Malachi McCoy, who ended a gunman's rampage in northwest Tampa in June, will receive the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's Medal of Honor at an awards ceremony in September. ...more

August 20, 2008

To remember a sergeant lost a year ago to gunfire, deputies and officers hit the streets Friday night performing a job their colleague considered his life's work. ...more

August 16, 2008

TAMPA - To remember a sergeant lost a year ago to gunfire, deputies and officers will hit the streets tonight performing a job their colleague considered his life's work. ...more

August 15, 2008

Edgar Rodriguez last spoke to his son four years ago, after he left the family house saying, "I need to work things out, Dad." ...more

July 30, 2008

Police said a man shot two people at a South Tampa fast-food restaurant and then fatally shot himself this morning. ...more

July 29, 2008

Highlands County Sheriff's detectives urged people use caution answering the door as they continued an investigation Wednesday into a home invasion that occurred Sunday night in the 4500 block of Sturgeon Drive, in Sebring. It was about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when a lone male gunman described as black, short, about 5-feet 4-inches tall, medium build, weighing about 180 pounds, knocked at the victim's door, according to Sheriff's Det. Jamie Davidson. ...more

July 23, 2008

A father and his two sons were sitting in the back yard of a relative's home today at about midnight when a masked gunman emerged from an alley and shot the trio in the legs, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

July 18, 2008

In an effort to identify a gunman, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday released surveillance video taken during a holdup at a pharmacy Tuesday. ...more

July 16, 2008

PALM HARBOR - A man robbed a pharmacy this morning, ordering staff and customers to the floor before firing a single shot into the ceiling and demanding painkillers, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA -- Police are searching for two men who held up a Hillsborough Avenue Shell station on Sunday. Tampa police say the two men came into the gas station at 2356 W. Hillsborough Ave. about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. One pulled a gun and ordered the clerk to open the cash register while the other robber emptied the register. ...more

June 17, 2008