Chicago and New York are about to close out 2007 with the lowest number of homicides in more than 40 years, while cities such as Baltimore, Atlanta and Miami have seen killings go up because of what police say is a surge in guns and gang violence. ...more

December 29, 2007

When they met Thursday night, friends from church urged Jennifer Davis to go to the police, concerned about her ex-husband's violence toward her and his threats to keep their children from her. ...more

December 15, 2007

When they met Thursday night, friends from church urged Jennifer Davis to go to the police, concerned about her ex-husband's violence toward her and his threats to keep their children from her. ...more

December 14, 2007

A father was indicted Thursday in the slayings of two of his children, another child and the children's mother in her apartment almost three years ago. ...more

December 14, 2007

On the day at leart 200 mourners turned out to honor Dashrath and Pravinkumar Patel, the Polk County Sheriff's Office again asked the public's to help find their killer. ...more

December 12, 2007

Seeking possible witnesses and other leads in the fatal shootings of two Lake Alfred gas station employees, the Polk County Sheriff's Office on Monday released security-camera pictures of four vehicles that were at the station shortly before the slayings. ...more

December 11, 2007

Waving his arms in outrage and shouting that he is innocent, Alberto Fujimori went on trial Monday on charges of using a death squad to kill leftist guerrillas and collaborators. ...more

December 11, 2007

Seeking possible witnesses and other leads in the fatal shootings of two Lake Alfred gas station employees, the Polk County Sheriff's Office today released security-camera pictures of four vehicles that were at the station shortly before the slayings. ...more

December 10, 2007

TAMPA - Oscar Ray Bolin, again, has been sentenced to death. ...more

November 30, 2007

PLANT CITY - With no new leads and no break in the case, the owners of two slain and mutilated baby pigs decided to turn up the heat by placing a half-page newspaper advertisement. ...more

November 23, 2007