A glass bottle Brittany N. Parris threw through a home's window struck an 8-year-old's eye, Hillsborough County deputies say. Shattered glass cut the child's right shoulder and a 4-year-old's right knee. ...more

August 14, 2008

LAKELAND Mercades Nichols, one of the teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, was arrested today on warrants charging her with multiple counts of aggravated stalking, aggravated assault and battery, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 7, 2008

The attorney representing Christina Garcia, the mother of one of the teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, has filed a notice to sue Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for making defamatory remarks. ...more

July 21, 2008

TAMPA - Prosecutors have decided not to file formal charges against a Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher who was arrested outside the Hyde Park Café in April. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies say a man fatally choked the family cat in front of his wife and two daughters, ages 7 and 1. ...more

July 14, 2008

TAMPA - The woman accused of fatally striking a pregnant pedestrian with her Ford Explorer and driving off last week will be staying in jail a while. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy accused of using a Taser on his wife and then holding a service pistol to her head will be freed from jail without having to post bail – pending the outcome of his case. ...more

July 8, 2008

A Hillsborough sheriff's deputy who said he had always wanted to spend his life in law enforcement used a Taser on his wife then held his service pistol to her head before he was arrested and held for mental evaluation, deputies say. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - A Hillsborough County deputy was arrested this morning, charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery. ...more

July 7, 2008

Brittni Hardcastle, one of the teenage girls accused in the videotaped beating of Mulberry teenager Victoria Lindsay, can now attend church. ...more

June 27, 2008