Six red sticks with the appearance of dynamite were discovered Sunday night in a Spring Hill home. ...more

June 24, 2008

Authorities found a number of small, explosive-making materials at a Clearwater house Saturday morning, leading to the evacuation of surrounding homes. ...more

June 8, 2008

Authorities are analyzing a number of small, explosive-making materials found inside a Clearwater home this morning. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA The fiery explosion lifted the flaming car tire some 200 feet into the air. It was enough to make the students shudder. The boom came a second later and set car alarms off almost a quarter of a mile away. ...more

June 4, 2008

MADEIRA BEACH - A spent flare from a fighter jet washed up on the beach here, and the Hillsborough County bomb squad is on its way to dispose of it, sheriff's officials said. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office bomb squad is en route to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office administration building in Largo. ...more

May 6, 2008

BELLEAIR BEACH - A mother and her daughter today stumbled upon military ordnance — and, as it turns out, a live grenade — as they were cleaning out the mother's garage, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

May 2, 2008

SEBRING — As a former officer at the Avon Park Correctional Institution, Hector Velazquez Jr. dealt with violent, drug-addicted inmates on a daily basis. Now, because of an alleged eight-day cocaine fueled crime spree in 2005, Velazquez, of Sebring, will be behind bars. ...more

February 19, 2008

AVON PARK — There's a mock bomb somewhere in the lobby of the Public Service Academy headquarters, as teams of police cadets assigned to find it and document the search carefully carry out their duty. To protect and serve is more than a motto on some wall. It is an oath that far too often puts law enforcement officers' lives on the line. Yet, as law enforcement officers retire, are injured, quit or otherwise leave service, along come new recruits. South Florida Community College's Criminal Justice Academy, located at its Avon Park campus, prepares them for a career in law enforcement. ...more

January 27, 2008

Hundreds of students are back in a West Palm Beach school after a bomb squad determined a suspicious device in a classroom was a clock. ...more

January 8, 2008