A teenager accused of brutally raping two Zephyrhills women in 2007 rejected a plea deal today that would have sent him to prison for 30 years. ...more

March 4, 2009

TAMPA -- An orange bucket helped lead to the arrest of a man accused of robbing a Hess gas station, police said. Tampa police charged Samuel Marquez Colon, 19, of Tampa with felony armed robbery, felony burglary and misdemeanor criminal mischief on Monday after a woman in a mobile-home park on North Central Avenue called police to report a suspicious-looking man, a report states. ...more

March 3, 2009

A Riverview man who ran over his neighbor's 3-year-old son in his pickup was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison followed by five years of probation, the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office said. ...more

February 27, 2009

A fire at a mobile home park north of Thonotosassa has been extinguished, but not before burning about 3 acres, an unoccupied mobile home and a pole barn, Hillsborough County firefighters say. ...more

February 24, 2009

Bobby Lee Black III opted to gamble on a jury to resolve one of two rape cases against him. ...more

February 18, 2009

Bobby Lee Black III opted to gamble on a jury to resolve one of two rape cases against him. ...more

February 17, 2009

Pinellas sheriff's detectives identified the man who died in a mobile home fire Saturday despite a neighbor's attempt at rescue as Byron Companion, 44. ...more

February 17, 2009

One person has died in a Lealman fire this morning, according to Traffic.com ...more

February 14, 2009

A man was shot and another was stabbed in what appears to be two unrelated incidents this morning on opposite sides of Inverness. ...more

February 11, 2009

The caregiver for a 96-year-old woman living in a mobile home park is accused of trying to steal $215,000 in annuities the woman had set aside to supplement her social security checks, according to court documents. ...more

February 4, 2009