Volunteers participating in a coastal cleanup Saturday along the Courtney Campbell Causeway made an unexpected discovery - the mutilated carcasses of a goat and two chickens. ...more

September 20, 2009

Police arrested rape suspect and convicted felon Joseph Lee Frye this morning after a massive manhunt. Based on a tip from an area resident, Frye, a convicted rapist who was out of prison for about a month, was taken into custody shortly before 11 a.m. at the Mayflower Motel, 7510 N. Florida Ave., near Seminole Heights. ...more

September 3, 2009

The man accused of raping an elderly woman and triggering a massive manhunt is no stranger to Florida prisons – or to being released long before his sentences were slated to end. ...more

September 2, 2009

A wanted man was struck by a U.S. marshal's vehicle as he fled from authorities this afternoon. ...more

September 2, 2009

The University of Tampa cross-country runner who was killed during a robbery this month in Tampa was laid to rest Thursday in his hometown. ...more

August 28, 2009

A female hot dog vendor was killed and a man seriously injured when they were struck by a runaway trailer at East Hillsborough Avenue and North Taliaferro Avenue on Monday afternoon, Tampa police said. ...more

August 25, 2009

Law enforcement officers and people from across the area this week will remember Tampa police Cpl. Mike Roberts, who was fatally shot Wednesday night in the line of duty. ...more

August 24, 2009

An arrest has been made in late Wednesday's shooting death of Tampa police Cpl. Mike Roberts. Humberto Delgado, 34, who gave his address as 324 Country Club Drive in Oldsmar, was arrested and charged shortly before 5 a.m. today with first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and carrying a concealed firearm. ...more

August 20, 2009

Nishea Magwood walked into River of Grace Ministries, 2801 N. Tampa St., this morning and told staffers he thought he killed his girlfriend, 45-year-old Katrina Locicero, police say. He said a fight got out of hand with his girlfriend and her mother. ...more

August 18, 2009

A man accused of fathering a son with a 13-year-old relative appeared in court this morning, and a judge heard that a delay in processing DNA and an uncooperative witness was holding up progress in the matter. ...more

August 18, 2009