SEBRING — The arrest of a 15-year-old boy Tuesday, charged with stealing a car and running from sheriff's deputies will in all likelihood not be the end of the story, according to Sheriff's Lt. Tim Lethbridge. ...more

January 30, 2008

Florida scrub jay populations are declining along the Lake Wales Ridge and the rest of Central Florida, stated an official from environmental groups monitoring the threatened bird. According to a press release from The Nature Conservancy, a study revealed that scrub jay populations declined at 40 percent of the 15 "Jay Watch" sites on the ridge since they were first surveyed between 2002 and 2004. Two-thirds of the scrub jay populations at 26 other sites in the state also showed declining populations. ...more

January 28, 2008

A Tampa man who bought a stolen Smith & Wesson handgun kept it unsecured and loaded in his 2005 Dodge Ram pickup and let his children use the vehicle, Tampa police say. ...more

January 21, 2008

TAMPA - A 37-year-old man was accused Friday of using a MySpace account to meet a 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl to have sex with them, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 11, 2008

It began as a feud only a child could invent - teenage chest-thumping over who had the right to sneak across a golf course after dark and scoop lost balls out of a pond. ...more

December 8, 2007

TAMPA - Police detained two juveniles on Wednesday for robbing a person, including stealing the victim's bicycle, on Bayshore Boulevard. ...more

December 5, 2007

AUBURNDALE - A Polk County man authorities say hosted a beer party Friday for his son's 21st birthday was arrested on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors. ...more

December 1, 2007

PLANT CITY - Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober's message wasn't always upbeat as featured speaker at today's Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting. Ober talked of cases he'd handled over the years, including those of juveniles with no respect for the law, such as a 14-year-old who killed a classmate and a 12-year-old who raped a mother in front of her children. ...more

October 10, 2007

LAKELAND - An after-school fight escalated to a melee involving more than 20 people, police said. ...more

September 5, 2007