It was like a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. Several deputies - wearing bulletproof vests and helmets and carrying automatic weapons - ducked behind vehicles parked near the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and the county courthouse late Thursday morning. ...more

October 11, 2008

An armed burglar got away Sunday night when three Sebring men confronted him in a home in the 3000 block of Maryland Avenue in the Fairmount Mobile Estates community, about 22 minutes before they dialed 911. ...more

September 9, 2008

A group of suspected drug users arrested in Denver this weekend with methamphetamine, guns and bulletproof vests made racist threats against Barack Obama but posed no true danger to the presidential candidate as he accepts the Democratic nomination here this week, federal authorities said Tuesday. ...more

August 27, 2008

The government is suing diversified manufacturer Honeywell International for selling material used in bulletproof vests that it alleges the company knew was defective. ...more

June 6, 2008

The spray of bullets that killed one Miami-Dade County police officer and hurt three others this week came from something increasingly common on this city's streets. ...more

September 15, 2007