PALM HARBOR – A state lawmaker says he provided the tip that led the Pinellas Sheriff's Office to an indoor marijuana cultivation operation. ...more

February 20, 2008

Leaders for the USF Preschool for Creative Learning recently met to understand why the center operates in the red. ...more

January 17, 2008

Between March 2002 and March 2004, a Tampa mortgage broker refinanced loans for older homeowners of modest means, scamming more than $400,000 to supplement a legitimate income that came close to six figures a year. ...more

December 8, 2007

TAMPA - Between March 2002 and March 2004, a Tampa mortgage broker refinanced loans for elderly homeowners of modest means, scamming more than $400,000 to supplement his legitimate income that came close to six figures a year. He testified this morning that he has nothing to show for his two-year windfall except about $1,500 in a bank account. ...more

December 7, 2007

Police arrested two men trying to steal copper tubing from an air conditioner after an escaping cloud of Freon from the broken appliance startled one of the men so badly he summoned an officer for help, authorities said. ...more

November 27, 2007

TAMPA - A Brandon mortgage broker has pleaded guilty to aggravated white collar crime and other charges in a fraud scheme that bilked more than $400,000 from more than 20 people, officials said. ...more

November 5, 2007

She thought the man driving the gold truck was taking her to a friend's home last Friday night. Instead, he took her to a warehouse, covered her eyes with duct tape, forced her to strip, bound her with zip ties and a chain, then raped her on the floor, investigators say. ...more

November 2, 2007

ODESSA - She thought the man driving the gold truck was taking her to a friend's home Friday night but instead he took her to a warehouse, covered her eyes with duct tape, forced her to strip, bound her with zip ties and a chain, and then raped her on the floor, investigators say. ...more

November 1, 2007

TAMPA - Police say they caught a pair of men with seven stolen air conditioners taken from a several apartments in Tampa. ...more

October 15, 2007

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September 20, 2007