Wal-Mart shoppers can continue with their browsing; this gang initiation threat is nothing but a hoax. ...more

March 19, 2009

We know that gangs cannot exist without members, and that they prey upon and recruit vulnerable children. ...more

March 18, 2009

After handing over several firearms to a Highlands County sheriff's deputy, a 60-year-old man pulled another handgun and shot himself in the presence of the deputy on Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009

An Okeechobee woman remained in jail Friday on a $5,200 cash bond following her arrest on warrants alleging she entered her ex-boyfriend's home without permission and made off with a pair of shoes and other items. ...more

March 15, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol is working to identify a person killed in a crash on Brandon Boulevard near Lithia Pinecrest Road on Friday after a van hit two utility poles and caught fire. ...more

March 14, 2009

A vehicle caught fire after hitting a power pole, overturning and going into a downed power line tonight and shut down Brandon Boulevard near Lithia Pinecrest Road. ...more

March 13, 2009

LAKE PLACID A Fort Pierce woman remained in jail Thursday on a $26,250 bond after being arrested on warrants alleging she hit a man with her vehicle and fled. ...more

March 12, 2009

Monday's bomb scare at a Lakeland parking garage was the result of three young men who were trying to win an online contest, the attorney for one of the men said today. ...more

March 10, 2009

A man that investigators say used fake Tampa Electric Co. identification to get Hillsborough County residents to pay him their bills has been sentenced to five years in prison, according to Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay. ...more

March 10, 2009

A Davie man remained in jail Monday on a $2,500 bond after law enforcement spotted him driving recklessly in a car that had been reported stolen from a Sebring sports bar. ...more

March 10, 2009