An accident involving a Toyota car and a garbage truck early this morning pinned a garbage collector between the two vehicles. The worker, whose name was not immediately released, died of his injuries. ...more

October 23, 2009

A man died on Interstate 75 in an accident involving a vehicle and a tractor-trailer carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 23, 2009

A suspicious house fire broke out this morning, though no one was home when firefighters arrived to put it out, officials say. The blaze at the small house at 8110 Diagonal Road N. was reported at about 7:30 a.m., said Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue. ...more

October 22, 2009

A child's body found in a landfill is that of missing 7-year-old Somer Thompson, authorities confirmed. The identification made Wednesday night dashed any hopes of the family and small North Florida community that Somer was still alive. ...more

October 22, 2009

A former Hillsborough County deputy accused of forcing a hit-and-run suspect to perform a sex act on him will spend five years in prison and then serve probation as part of a plea deal, his lawyer said today. ...more

October 21, 2009

A body found this week in Mirror Lake has been identified as Jason Robert Alamed, 37. According to Alamed's driver's license, his home address is 742 Haven Place, Tarpon Springs, but investigators learned he recently had been staying at the Randolph Hotel, 200 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg. ...more

October 14, 2009

Police in central Florida arrested a man in connection to fatal beating of toddler for soiling his pants at dinner. ...more

October 13, 2009

Winter Springs police say a man accidentally shot and killed the woman he was to marry the next day. ...more

October 10, 2009

An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Tuesday, after he was charged with lewd molestation of a girl between 12 and 15 years old. ...more

October 8, 2009

Police identified today the body of a woman who was struck by a car and killed as she crossed a street Monday night. ...more

October 7, 2009