TAMPA - Standing on the portable stage set up outside Tampa police headquarters for the department's annual memorial ceremony, Mayor Pam Iorio recalled how at last year's service she had to leave to visit John Armao, an officer shot while serving an arrest warrant. Armao survived, but his injuries will prevent him from returning to duty. The annual service, she said, is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by the men and women of law enforcement. ...more

May 9, 2008

About three hours after Pasco detectives think Jackie Lee Braden killed his mother and stepfather, he was feeding slot machines at Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa and ordering drinks. ...more

February 23, 2008

PALMETTO - Police are searching for a man who broke into an apartment and set it on fire, according to the Palmetto Police Department. ...more

February 20, 2008

An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Charlette Marshall-Jones, the detention deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair. ...more

February 16, 2008

TAMPA - An arrest warrant has been issued for Charlette Marshall-Jones, the detention deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair, Sheriff David Gee said late Friday. ...more

February 15, 2008

Tensions over a 911 call received by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office on the night police say Michael King kidnapped and murdered Denise Lee reached a climax this afternoon. ...more

January 25, 2008

A suspect has been named in the near-fatal shooting of a shopkeeper at Boyett's Grove last April. The sheriff's office announced Tuesday that a warrant is out for the arrest of 23-year-old Elijah Jermaine Montgomery, who goes by the street name "Money." ...more

January 22, 2008

A worthless-check charge against former Pasco County Sheriff Jim Gillum was dropped this week in part because the landlord who made the complaint never officially tried to cash it. ...more

January 19, 2008

Using the Internet to sell worthless art, a Wesley Chapel man bilked at least 40 people nationwide in the past 12 months, Tampa police said Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 2008

For months after a pregnant 20-year-old Marine accused a colleague of rape, her family says, she continued to work alongside her attacker and endured harassment at Camp Lejeune. ...more

January 13, 2008