A man who had pulled a black T-shirt over his face and head, covering everything except for his eyes, robbed a St. Petersburg convenience store at gunpoint this evening, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

A 35-year-old Plant City man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. ...more

June 26, 2009

Authorities say a man killed himself at the central Florida gun range where a mother killed herself and her son three weeks ago. ...more

April 28, 2009

Deputies defused a four-hour standoff with a man at a home on the 12000 block of Rock Duck Road by deploying a "light chemical irritant," the sheriff's office says. ...more

March 24, 2009

Deputies called to a mobile home park today to remove a revolver and bullets found something else - what appeared to be military ordnance. ...more

January 30, 2009

Tragedy nearly struck a group of actors in Bradenton when authorities say a loaded gun was accidentally used during a rehearsal. ...more

January 21, 2009

Authorities say a drunk man playing with a gun was killed when he was shot in the head. ...more

January 11, 2009

Just after 8:30 this morning, Temple Terrace police say they received a call that the resident of a home on 5400 E. Busch Blvd. was injured and that a man was in the yard firing a revolver. ...more

December 20, 2008

A burglar trying to steal Christmas presents placed under a tree in a Bradenton house was foiled this afternoon by the homeowner's teen son, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 17, 2008

When John Silva opened his St. Petersburg variety store about 9 a.m. Sunday, he brought Gertrude with him. ...more

December 8, 2008