With an arrest warrant in hand, two detectives are on their way to pick up 23-year-old Joshua Wilkins, accusing him of grand theft of a car rented by a Tampa homicide victim, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies say. ...more

December 10, 2007

A 21-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of 13-year-old Clay Moore after she turned herself in Wednesday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 22, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Detectives serving a search warrant Friday at a home on 610 Newton Ave. S. did not find the suspect they were looking for but discovered two young children left alone in the house. ...more

November 16, 2007

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport is a focus of an international investigation into the purchase of airplanes by a Mexican drug cartel. Mexican authorities who arrested a top financier for the Sinaloa drug cartel uncovered the connection between the cartel and the purchase of two jets that took off from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport on separate dates. One jet was seized, and the other crashed in Mexico. A total of nearly 10 tons of cocaine was found onboard the jets, according to Mexican authorities. ...more

November 15, 2007

Cold-case playing cards released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have led to the arrest of a Riverview man. ...more

November 8, 2007

A female teacher and a 13-year-old boy believed to be on the run may have crossed the California border into Mexico, a police investigator said Friday. ...more

November 3, 2007