TAMPA - Police are searching the Channelside area for a bandit they expect to catch with his pants down. Officers recovered a pair of pants they think belong to an armed robber who swiped a cash register from a convenience store about 1:15 p.m. today, Tampa police said. ...more

November 13, 2007

Item No. 1, for him: a Remington single-action revolver engraved with a scroll pattern and "Doreteo Arango" - Pancho Villa's real name. ...more

November 10, 2007

The man accused in the videotaped sexual abuse of a 3-year-old girl was arraigned Wednesday, a day after his arrest during a routine traffic stop. ...more

October 18, 2007

BROOKSVILLE - A manhunt near three public schools continues this afternoon in Hernando County after a bungled home burglary resulted in the intruder being shot in the stomach and buttock, authorities said. ...more

October 17, 2007

CLEARWATER - After a manhunt that involved locking down several schools, police arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a shooting and car wreck that left one man dead and another injured Monday afternoon. ...more

October 9, 2007

CLEARWATER - Clearwater police have arrested Gaylord Shaw in connection with the shooting and car crash that led to the death of one man earlier this afternoon. Michael Scott, 23, was killed. His brother, Antonio Scott, 24, is listed in stable condition. ...more

October 8, 2007

William Joe Mitchell, a registered sex offender sought in connection with the abduction of a Bartow girl he met on the Internet, was arrested without incident about 11:30 a.m. today ...more

October 6, 2007

The fugitive accused of raping a little girl on videotape was portrayed Monday as a knife-wielding survivalist who once vowed never to be taken alive and formerly worked as an animal trainer with Las Vegas illusionists Siegfried & Roy. ...more

October 2, 2007

Two inmates working in a prison field overpowered a female guard Monday and killed her when they ran her over in a stolen pickup as they fled, prison officials said. ...more

September 25, 2007