When Rachel Constance DeJesus swung the bat early yesterday morning, deputies say, she connected. ...more

July 5, 2008

A Palmetto woman fighting outside with her ex-boyfriend asked her 6-year-old boy to go into the house and fetch a steak knife that she used to stab the man in the chest and hand Saturday night. ...more

June 30, 2008

TAMPA - Rudolph Tucker III approached a person in a restroom at Club 112 this morning and shot him in the elbow while Tucker's friends stabbed the person, police say. ...more

June 23, 2008

TAMPA -- A 22-year-old Tampa woman struck a woman in the head with a beer bottle, punched her face and pulled her hair, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Lacoertney Quartermon at 12:10 a.m. today, a criminal arrest affidavit states. She was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA - The frying pan on the stove had hot grease and pork chops in it when Celestino Magill picked it up and unloaded its contents on his girlfriend, police say. Magill then threw a dinner plate at the woman as she ran from the kitchen, police say. ...more

June 18, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring teenager who was booked into jail Feb. 8, 2007, in connection with the armed robbery of the Dollar General store was turned over to the care of his mother Thursday after he pleaded to a lesser charge for his part in the crime. The store is located at 1040 Lakeview Drive in downtown Sebring. After spending 16 months in jail, David Lozano Jr., now 16, was released at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, according to sheriff's booking. Lozano Jr. pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Assistant State Attorney Richard Castillo said Friday that Lozano Jr. helped plan the robbery, carried the handgun or BB gun to the store and acted as a lookout while Roosevelt Smith, now 17, carried out the robbery. Smith, who pleaded guilty several months ago to robbery with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for robbing the store and pistol whipping a female clerk, whose name is being withheld by Highlands Today. ...more

June 15, 2008

DUNEDIN - A 47-year-old Largo man was arrested this morning after he struck a man with his sport utility vehicle outside a bar, Pinellas sheriff's authorities said. Wehner Lawrence Alfons was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and driving with a license suspended or revoked. ...more

May 27, 2008

Lakeland police are seeking a man suspected of trying to kill a police officer. According to a police report, a warrant has been issued for Sergio Alberto Crandall, 36, accusing him of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon. Police say Crandall backed into Officer Aaron Peterman's vehicle Thursday as the officer was leaving the Lakeland High School parking lot. Peterson and his police dog, Charief, were not injured. ...more

May 23, 2008

A woman who stabbed her boyfriend during a violent confrontation last month acted in self-defense and will not be charged with a crime, a prosecutor said. ...more

May 21, 2008

CHARLOTTE — Sheriff's deputies arrested a 19-year-old man on Saturday after he was accused of using a 34-inch-sword to threaten a man at an industrial park. ...more

May 5, 2008