Florida Voices for Animals would like to praise Tampa police officer Paul Smalley for rescuing a 3-month-old puppy from a baking vehicle in East Tampa ("Police: Woman left dog in hot car at IKEA grand opening," May 7). We would also like to thank the passerby for alerting the police. ...more

May 18, 2009

Tampa police are investigating an officer-involved shooting ...more

May 17, 2009

Police arrested the assistant principal for administration at Strawberry Crest High School in Dover for driving under the influence this morning, records show. ...more

May 16, 2009

A man accused of driving drunk and causing a 30-minute series of crashes that ended with the deaths of two women pleaded not guilty today to charges stemming from the April 13 incident. ...more

May 13, 2009

Made in Canada with parts from as far away as Korea, a solar car swung through Tampa on Tuesday. ...more

May 13, 2009

A Tampa man cut the PVC pipes to a person's water softener and tried to remove the unit from the side of a home, Tampa police say. Officers arrested Robert E. Barnhart, 32, at 3:01 a.m. today at 7108 N. Rome Ave. ...more

May 7, 2009

A Tampa man molested a 9-year-old and a 7-year-old, Tampa police say. Police arrested Tony Lee Gibson, 29, at 3 p.m. Wednesday. He was charged with sexual battery and lewd or lascivious molestation. ...more

May 7, 2009

Police have released a sketch of man they say raped a woman in her Tampa home Tuesday morning. ...more

May 7, 2009

Their deaths had never been honored formally until Wednesday. Port Tampa Police Town Marshal Joseph Walker, who was killed Sept. 25, 1915, and West Tampa police Officer Juan Nales, who was killed July 18, 1920, were among those memorialized outside Tampa police headquarters during the annual ceremony that pays tribute to officers killed in the line of duty. ...more

May 7, 2009

A 35-year-old Tampa woman struck two people with a porcelain statue, Tampa police say. Officers arrested Jannie Allen at 2:20 a.m. today. ...more

May 5, 2009