Allen J. Crotzer, the former St. Petersburg resident who spent 24 years in prison for crimes he did not commit, got a fresh start Tuesday when the state cleared his record of two unrelated convictions. ...more

October 22, 2008

St. Petersburg police said it arrested 28 people today after a monthlong street-level drug operation. ...more

October 17, 2008

Three Bradenton men drove a pickup into Ruskin with more than 400 grams of cocaine Saturday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

October 13, 2008

Charges against Nathan Edward McRenoylds increased to second-degree murder after the man he shot Saturday night died Sunday at Tampa General Hospital, authorities say. ...more

October 6, 2008

A man who drove away from his Valrico home Saturday night after a drug deal turned violent was found Sunday morning in a Tampa motel, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 5, 2008

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that occurred this evening in the driveway of 507 Murcott Place in Valrico. ...more

October 4, 2008

Mickey Bearden wasn't sure whether or not he had struck something while driving along St. Joe Road on Thursday evening, so he didn't bother to stop, a Florida Highway Patrol report says. Unfortunately for pedestrian Michael Weiss, 41, of Dade City, Bearden, 24, had indeed hit something. Records said Weiss suffered serious injuries and taken to Tampa General Hospital after being hit by Bearden's 2009 two-door Toyota near 23rd Street. After leaving the scene, Bearden was arrested at a gas station near 21st Street, records said. He was charged with leaving the scene of a crash with injuries, but more charges are possible after toxicology tests are completed, the highway patrol said. ...more

October 3, 2008

Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday. The government said it will start considering proposals to sell genetically engineered animals as food, a move that could lead to faster-growing fish, cattle that can resist mad cow disease or perhaps heart-healthier eggs laid by a new breed of chickens. ...more

September 19, 2008

Angela Silliman was upset that someone stole her drugs, deputies say, so she called the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 17, 2008

Ron Hornaday Jr., the defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck champ who is second in this year's standings, admitted using testosterone for more than a year before it was added to the sport's banned list. ...more

September 12, 2008