TAMPA After being arrested Wednesday on drug charges, Christopher Allen jumped out a police cruiser's window trying to escape, Tampa police say. He was caught after a two-block chase. About 1 a.m. Wednesday, Allen entered his father's home without permission and took cash and prescription drugs, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

November 13, 2008

A 22-year-old used his 72-year-old grandfather as a shield when police tried to arrest him early Wednesday on charges that he choked his girlfriend, authorities said in an affidavit. ...more

November 6, 2008

A public defender and her husband were out of jail Tuesday on a $1,500 and $2,000 bond, respectively, after being arrested Saturday on drug charges. ...more

November 4, 2008

Drug Paraphernalia Or Art Project? SPRING HILL - A Spring Hill woman arrested on drug charges Saturday evening claimed the syringe deputies found in her purse - next to the glass pipe with the white residue - was for an art project, a report states. ...more

November 4, 2008

A man in jail on drug charges was charged today with first-degree murder in connection to the March 29 slaying of a Tampa woman, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 27, 2008

A 37-year-old St. Petersburg man who pleaded guilty to drug charges was sentenced today to 24 1/2 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

October 16, 2008

After returning home from the hospital this morning, Renaldo Duncan was approached by his ex-girlfriend and two other people he knows, including one who placed a gun against the back of his neck, Tampa police say. The trio took Duncan's chain, diamond watch and diamond ring about 1 a.m. today, a criminal arrest affidavit states. Police arrested Julia Evans, 23, of Tampa; Johnny L. Jenkins, 43, of Tampa; and Karlos Brown, 23, of Tampa. ...more

October 15, 2008

Preston Parker didn't realize how much he was going to miss playing football until the Friday night before the season opener as his Florida State teammates boarded the bus to go out of town. ...more

September 18, 2008

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Steven Lorenzo, who is serving 200 years in federal prison for drugging and sexually torturing nine men. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Tampa state senator said Thursday that he will write legislation to close the procedure loopholes that allowed a convicted felon with pending charges out on the streets to kill a police officer. ...more

September 12, 2008