The theft of a purse at a day care center turned into a two-county police pursuit and ended with gunfire this morning, authorities said. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA - Five members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida for sale to street gangs in Puerto Rico received prison sentences this morning ranging from one to four years. They join seven other members of the ring, who were sentenced last week to up to 14 years behind bars. One of the leaders of the ring, Melvin Omar Velez-Santos, 30, had his sentencing hearing postponed until next week. ...more

December 12, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- When he leapt through a window of a St. Petersburg home this morning, Christopher A. Alexander was mistaken for a burglar. Only he was the victim of a crime, not the perpetrator, police say. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA – A day after Gerald Scott found his family dog shot, he still can't believe it. He said today he heard a gunshot Tuesday and came out of the house on 39th Street in Tampa to find the dog, Lady, with a gunshot wound. The bullet traveled through Lady's chest and into her right front leg, Scott said. ...more

December 10, 2008

A woman arrested in the shooting death of actor Mark Ruffalo's younger brother was cleared of wrongdoing and released after police were shown evidence that the wound was self-inflicted, her attorney said Wednesday. ...more

December 10, 2008

The brother of actor Mark Ruffalo has died a week after he was shot in the head, police said Tuesday. Scott Ruffalo, 39, died late Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Police Sgt. Renato Moreno said. ...more

December 9, 2008

The body of a woman was found at the end of a dock at Hammock Park in Dunedin this morning, and she apparently took her own life, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 8, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG In the 10 years he has owned a St. Petersburg deli, Narendra Patel has been shot twice in two robberies. Police this morning were still searching for two men they say shot Patel, 53, and robbed Star Deli Food Store, 2451 Fifth Ave. N., about 10:30 p.m. Monday. ...more

December 2, 2008

Christopher Ryan James, who everyone called "C.J," was crazy about his 2-month-old son, Christopher James Jr. ...more

November 29, 2008

LAKE PLACID The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Monday shooting in Lake Placid that is being worked as a homicide. ...more

November 5, 2008