Two Lakeland men are accused of running a cockfighting operation that involved 124 roosters, officials said. ...more

February 28, 2009

A shelter for abused homeless women will establish a fund to reimburse women there who said they were swindled by an employee. ...more

February 27, 2009

For years, Rosemarie Sherwood acted as a house mother and adviser to abused homeless women, teaching them skills like saving and budgeting money so they could survive on their own. ...more

February 26, 2009

A walk with his 4-month-old pit bull, Jessica, turned tense for a man Tuesday after several men beat him and tried to snatch the dog, police said. ...more

February 25, 2009

A Bradenton woman was charged with felony burglary after she repeatedly broke into a home in her neighborhood to use the clothes washer and dryer in a vacant home, according to an arrest report. ...more

February 24, 2009

Authorities say a distraught St. Petersburg man threw a grenade at two officers in hopes of being shot by police. ...more

February 22, 2009

Police arrested the manager of a halfway house this morning after one of the residents said the manager threatened him with a gun. ...more

February 17, 2009

Nevada gambling regulators have warned casinos in the state about a card-counting program that works on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPod Touch that illegally helps players beat the house in blackjack. ...more

February 16, 2009

A 5-year-old boy told police his parents "smoke drugs a lot" while his father and others were being arrested on drug and child-neglect charges. ...more

February 14, 2009

Donte Maurice Bingham started his day driving a stolen car with a suspended license, burglarized three houses in Gibsonton and ended with a police chase lasting roughly 13 miles, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 14, 2009