Pasco County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested two suspects in the shooting death of Pedro Perez, who was shot and killed Sunday at his residence, 6735 El Camino Paloma St., Port Richey. Antonio Arriaga, 22, of Hudson and Franklin Henry, 23, of New Port Richey were arrested Tuesday night and charged with first-degree murder. ...more

July 23, 2008

Police are searching for the person who fatally shot a family pet in the head early this morning. Ada Tavares called the police about 3:45 a.m. and told them she heard her 3-year-old dog, Princess, barking, then heard a gunshot. After the gunshot, she said she heard a yelp, then silence. ...more

July 21, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Authorities say a marijuana run by William J. White Jr., 19, and Jakob Cunnien, 17, ended with White dead and two 18-year-olds in custody, one of them a rising gridiron star at Lakewood Ranch High School. ...more

July 16, 2008

Manatee sheriff's officials today arrested a quarterback of the Lakewood Ranch High School football team on a murder charge in the killing of a 19-year-old man during a drug deal and robbery Sunday night. ...more

July 14, 2008

An Avon Park woman was free Tuesday on $5,000 bail, after a dispute over finances with her husband turned violent and sheriff's investigators say a handgun was fired. ...more

July 9, 2008

A convicted felon was charged Monday with possessing a gun that went off and left his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his neck, police said. ...more

July 8, 2008

A 20-year-old Bradenton man was dropped off at Manatee Memorial Hospital early today with a life-threatening gunshot wound he received under mysterious circumstances, authorities said. ...more

July 5, 2008

A Hernando County woman who authorities suspect was kidnapped at gunpoint by her husband Tuesday was found in a St. John's County hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. ...more

July 2, 2008

Hernando County Briefs ...more

July 1, 2008

PINELLAS PARK Police officers responded to a call of gunfire early this morning, but witnesses said it was just teens setting off fireworks. An hour later a man showed up at an area hospital with gunshot wound he said he got at the initial location. ...more

June 29, 2008