A fight broke out at a federal prison northwest of Orlando about 2:20 p.m. Sunday and eight inmates have been hospitalized, including one with a gunshot wound, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. ...more

January 26, 2009

The man charged with shooting Samuel Tiller during a November 2007 burglary of the victim's home pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder. ...more

January 24, 2009

Sunday's NFC Championship Game ended amid a deafening roar, with Darnell Dockett cradling a football in his massive arms. ...more

January 23, 2009

"Rick, put the gun down,'' a woman says, her words captured on a 911 call made on the last day of her life. Investigators say the voice was that of Elizabeth Evans after her estranged husband, Patrick Evans, burst into her South Pasadena condominium on Dec. 20 and found her and Gerald Taylor, whom she was dating. ...more

January 12, 2009

Police were unable to find three shooting suspects who were hiding at a house in the 4500 block of Ninth Avenue North today. The SWAT team didn't find the suspects inside the house or a crawl space. ...more

January 7, 2009

The Dade City Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred on Martin Luther King Boulevard early this morning. ...more

January 3, 2009

A 23-year-old man died of a gunshot wound to the head in a vehicle outside a Bartow liquor store Wednesday night, police said. Jernard West was shot outside the XYZ Liquor store, 295 U.S. 17 S., police said. He later died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. ...more

January 1, 2009

Tampa police were conducting an undercover prostitution sting last night when suddenly a man pulled out a gun. ...more

December 30, 2008

One of two Fort Lauderdale men arrested in a two-county law enforcement pursuit has been charged with attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, jail records show. ...more

December 19, 2008

The theft of a pair of purses in Lutz turned into a two-county pursuit that didn't end even after sheriff's deputies boxed in the suspects' car and opened fire. ...more

December 19, 2008