The San Diego Chargers acquired Chris Chambers from the Miami Dolphins just before the trade deadline, giving quarterback Philip Rivers a veteran wide receiver to work with. ...more

October 17, 2007

Still weeks away from Halloween, some residents of Regency Palms apartments had a man in a costume knocking on doors Sunday with his hand out, only it wasn't candy he was craving. ...more

October 12, 2007

PORT RICHEY - Still weeks away from Halloween, some residents of Regency Palms apartments on Sunday had a man in a costume knocking on doors with his hand out, only it wasn't candy he was craving. Clad in a red Bright House Networks polo shirt with a 7-year-old boy in tow, a man went from apartment to apartment at the complex, set between San Miguel Drive and Embassy Boulevard, trying to collect on past-due bills. If they didn't pay up in cash, he told resident, their cable television service would be shut off immediately. ...more

October 11, 2007

PALMETTO - A woman authorities say is a prostitute is accused of knowingly and recklessly exposing at least 20 men to the virus that causes AIDS, potentially exposing an untold number of people. ...more

October 10, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The driver whom police hold responsible for a fatal, three-car crash in Dade City in June has been charged with manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol. ...more

October 6, 2007

When 15-year-old Roberto Jesus Ortiz spiked his teacher's bottled water with Visine on Friday, the result wasn't the gut-buster he anticipated, according to a police report. ...more

October 4, 2007

University of Florida coach Urban Meyer has stripped senior safety Tony Joiner of his captaincy, and Meyer said Wednesday night that Joiner will not play Saturday against top-ranked LSU as long as he remains accused of a felony. ...more

October 4, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - A 15-year-old student at Harry Schwettman Educational Center was arrested by city police Tuesday, accused of trying to use Visine to poison a teacher. Other students at the dropout prevention school saw Roberto Jesus Ortiz put something in the teacher's water Friday, according to a report. School staff interviewed the teen Monday, and Ortiz admitted to tainting the woman's water, the report states. ...more

October 3, 2007

David Lee Onstott, who is awaiting trial on charges he killed a 13-year-old Ruskin girl, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. ...more

September 21, 2007

TAMPA - David Lee Onstott, who is awaiting trial on charges he killed a 13-year-old Ruskin girl, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. ...more

September 20, 2007