Newcomers are challenging longtime incumbents in two of the three elections for constitutional offices in Pinellas County – the race for sheriff and for supervisor of elections. ...more

October 20, 2008

Three people broke into several vehicles inside and outside of Tampa city limits and stole thousands of dollars in property late Tuesday and early Wednesday, investigators say. ...more

October 16, 2008

As the economy has sunk, burglary and theft have been on the rise, and Florida's top prosecutor warns that it could get worse. ...more

October 14, 2008

Deputies say a woman foiled a burglary about 2 p.m. today when she pulled into her driveway and saw three strangers walking out the front door of her Seminole home. ...more

October 1, 2008

An Avon Park woman remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Thursday after she was arrested for the second time since Aug. 12, and was charged with burglary, grand theft and dealing in stolen property. ...more

September 27, 2008

Derek Derousse might have had a chance for a lenient sentence had his life been free of trouble before 2007. ...more

September 25, 2008

Three men face numerous charges, including attempted murder, for an early morning crime spree that started in Sebring and ended with a pursuit and arrests in Lake Placid. ...more

September 23, 2008

Three men face numerous charges, including attempted murder, for an early morning crime spree that started in Sebring and ended with a pursuit and arrests in Lake Placid. The Highlands County Sheriff's Office reports that a gray van, which was used in two burglaries, was stolen from the New Life Way Church of Sebring. The suspects burglarized the Caddyshack Restaurant in Sebring where they took a safe and a plasma TV. ...more

September 22, 2008

A Wesley Chapel man is accused of breaking into two vehicles - one while the driver was pumping gas - and then leading Hillsborough County deputies on a chase before his arrest, records show. ...more

September 17, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is investigating apparent burglaries to the concession stands serving the Wesley Chapel District Park on Boyette Road. ...more

September 16, 2008