A 15-year-old boy died at home this morning, soon after he was found not breathing by his father. ...more

June 27, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office does not suspect foul play was involved in the death of a man found Saturday in bushes behind a convenience store in Lakeland. ...more

June 22, 2008

Perhaps, had not other events intervened, Ahmed Mohamed might well have emerged as a cunning, mysterious, evildoing international terrorist. ...more

June 17, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A 15-month-old boy drowned Tuesday afternoon after he apparently fell into the pool while his parents worked at the Willow Bend home. ...more

June 12, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A 15-month-old boy drowned this afternoon in the pool of a home where his parents were painting the house and pressure-washing the pool's screen enclosure, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 11, 2008

Polk County deputies are asking for the public's help in identifying the remains of a man found floating in a canal off Saddle Creek on May 17. Volunteer sketch artist and former Polk County sheriff's crime scene technician Laura Sheffield drew a composite from the man's face. ...more

June 5, 2008

AVON PARK — A 49-year-old Avon Park man was recovering from a self-inflicted and accidental gunshot wound Monday, after his .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun went off while he was cleaning it Friday night. Avon Park Police Cmdr. Michael J. Rowan said that police investigators were called to the Florida Hospital of Sebring emergency room shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday, in response to a report of a man with a gunshot wound. "He apparently was cleaning his firearm and thought he had emptied it when the firearm discharged," Rowan said. "The bullet struck the inside left forearm and the exit wound was above the wrist. It was a non life-threatening injury." ...more

June 2, 2008

ZEPHYRHILLS - Investigators have identified a man and a woman found dead in their home Thursday night. ...more

May 30, 2008

ZEPHYRHILLS - Pasco deputies are investigating the suspicious deaths of two people found dead in a home Thursday night. Zephyrhills Fire Rescue called the Pasco Sheriff's Office just before 9:30 p.m., when the bodies of a 47-year-old woman and 38-year-old man were found in the bathroom at their home at 38749 Minnesota Ave. ...more

May 30, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Pasco sheriff's officials have released the name of the drowning victim found Monday afternoon. ...more

May 27, 2008