TAMPA A federal marshal was involved in a shooting Thursday morning in North Tampa, authorities said. ...more

October 16, 2008

A neighbor and a relative express disbelief that the boyfriend of 2 1/2-year-old Makaila Thompson's mother was arrested in connecting with the girl's death in September. ...more

October 7, 2008

TAMPA - A 36-year-old Tampa man has been charged with first-degree murder of a child. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Robert Bradwell was arrested today after he killed his girlfriend's 21/2-year-old daughter. ...more

October 6, 2008

A decade after losing his children to an evangelical ministry, Anthony Justin Lane felt a spark of hope when he heard about a weekend raid on the compound, where authorities suspect children are being abused or forced into pornography. ...more

September 22, 2008

FOUKE, Ark. (AP) -- FBI agents and state police raided an evangelists' headquarters Saturday as part of a child pornography investigation and said they planned to remove several children from the complex, run by a man previously accused of child abuse. ...more

September 20, 2008

Shortly before her white 2007 Maserati was stolen from the parking lot of Blue Martini nightclub last week, a woman was kissing and caressing the suspect on the hood of the expensive Italian sports car, police say. ...more

September 16, 2008

NORTH PORT - Genetic material from Patrick Dewayne Murphy was found under the fingernails of 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood after she was found murdered in North Port two years ago, court records show, suggesting she fought her attacker. ...more

September 13, 2008

Polk County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who they say broke in to a Lakeland house and attacked the homeowner. ...more

September 8, 2008

Rigoberto Moron Martinez, 20, is wanted on a warrant for armed kidnapping and aggravated assault. ...more

August 20, 2008

BRADENTON – A Navy sailor from Bradenton was booked into the Manatee County Jail on child pornography charges Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008