A handful of Manatee County convenience stores and gas stations have spent the day dubbing surveillance tapes from Monday evening, the night Dr. James Briles came home from work and reported finding his wife, Kathleen, dead. Pulling surveillance video is common in the search for a criminal. Detectives have not released the name or description of the person they are looking for in the videos. The sheriff's office did confirm today that Sheriff Brad Steube has returned from vacation to help handle the case. Steube met with Kathleen Briles's family. ...more

August 5, 2009

A toddler remains in critical condition today after nearly drowning in pool at a home west of Interstate 275 near Fowler and Florida avenues, Tampa police say. ...more

August 4, 2009

Investigators continued their search Friday for the men who robbed Avon Park's SunTrust Bank branch Tuesday morning. ...more

August 1, 2009

A 72-year-old man is accused of molesting a young girl in a hot tub. ...more

July 22, 2009

Pasco sheriff's detectives are investigating a suspicious death near a homeless camp in Hudson. ...more

July 22, 2009

Pasco sheriff's detectives are investigating a suspicious death near a homeless camp in Hudson. A decomposing body discovered Monday night near State Road 52 and U.S. 19 is thought to be that of a homeless woman, according to sheriff's office spokesman Kevin Doll. Forensic investigators processed the scene this morning. ...more

July 21, 2009

Pasco County Sheriff's Office detectives have identified the man found in a submerged car in a canal behind a condominium complex July 10. ...more

July 18, 2009

Pasco sheriff's detectives have identified the man found in a submerged car in a canal behind a condominium complex last Friday. ...more

July 17, 2009

Pasco sheriff's detectives have identified the man fatally shot and found unconscious in his car Tuesday on railroad tracks in Zephyrhills. ...more

July 15, 2009

Investigators will try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a double-wide mobile home this afternoon at Doral Village on U.S. 19 in Dunedin. ...more

July 11, 2009