The assistant manager at the jewelry kiosk turned her back for a moment to struggle with a display case lock, but that's all it took for a tray of valuables to disappear. Amber Sharp was showing a tray of mostly gold necklaces to a couple March 6 at the Piercing Pagoda in Gulf View Square mall, but they decided not to buy anything, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report states. Meanwhile, a teenager and a young man were walking around the kiosk, which made Sharp nervous because the boy was leaning over the counter "looking around at everything but the jewelry," the report states. Sharp nervously tried to put away the tray, briefly leaving it next to the cash register while she tried to unlock the display case. When she went to grab the tray, it was gone, and so was everyone who had been near the kiosk. On Thursday, a sheriff's detective tracked down suspect Chad Daniel Keck, 20, at traffic court in New Port Richey and arrested him on charges of grand theft and violation of the pawn brokers act. He was being held Friday at the Land O' Lakes Jail, with bail set at $10,000. ...more

July 18, 2008

Kathleen "Kat" Alley has worked all the positions at The Spring of Tampa Bay's thrift shop - in the warehouse, behind the cash register and driving the box truck. ...more

July 12, 2008

After their Parkesdale Farm Market in Plant City was burglarized three days in a row, 66-year-old Jim Meeks and his 36-year-old son, Jim Meeks III, decided enough was enough. ...more

July 12, 2008

After their Parkesdale Farm Market in Plant City was burgled three days in a row, 66-year-old Jim Meeks and his 36-year-old son, Jim Meeks III, decided they had had enough. Thursday night, after closing up, they moved their cars from the parking spaces in front of the store at 3702 W. Baker St. to make it seem as if no one was there. ...more

July 11, 2008

SEBRING – Two businesses, Lorida General Store and Dianne's Seafood and More on U.S. 98 west of Lorida, were the victims of smash-and-grab burglaries Monday morning when their front doors were smashed in and one cash register was stolen. Highlands County Sheriff's Lt. Kenny Johnson said Monday that sheriff's deputies received the first call at 4:30 a.m. Monday that someone had broken in the door at the Lorida General store, located at 1731 U.S. 98. ...more

June 30, 2008

TAMPA - Authorities think the same two men robbed a Shell station in Tampa and a Steak 'n Shake in Oldsmar. ...more

June 20, 2008

DUNEDIN - A woman attempting to rob a Chinese restaurant Thursday night received a slap on the hand from a feisty employee when she reached for the open cash register, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA -- Police are searching for two men who held up a Hillsborough Avenue Shell station on Sunday. Tampa police say the two men came into the gas station at 2356 W. Hillsborough Ave. about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. One pulled a gun and ordered the clerk to open the cash register while the other robber emptied the register. ...more

June 17, 2008

A man who held up a Burger King at breakfast today was arrested at lunchtime outside a Checkers, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 15, 2008

BRADENTON A robber took back his note this morning as he made off with cash from the register at a Bradenton Burger King. ...more

June 15, 2008