BROOKSVILLE - A misdemeanor charge of battery has been dropped against a school bus driver accused of spanking a 3-year-old girl with special needs while en route to J.D. Floyd Elementary. ...more

December 12, 2007

SIESTA KEY - A Tampa man was charged with battery on a police horse after he struck it on the rear, causing it to lunge forward, the Sarasota Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 27, 2007

Brandon football standout Samir Baker was arrested early Friday morning on a charge of violating his probation. ...more

November 27, 2007

TAMPA - Police charged a man and a woman from Miami in a string of auto burglaries Sunday after someone saw them breaking into a vehicle at a public park, officials said. ...more

November 19, 2007

State Rep. Bob Allen peered over a stall in a public park restroom to show his interest in soliciting sex from an undercover police officer, a prosecutor said in opening arguments in the lawmaker's trial Wednesday in Brevard County Court. ...more

November 8, 2007

Kid Rock was arrested early Sunday after a brawl at a restaurant and spent about 12 hours in jail before being released, police said. ...more

October 22, 2007

LUTZ - Deputies say a Riverview woman's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit this morning when she was pulled over with her 4-year-old daughter in the vehicle. ...more

September 30, 2007

Elijah Dukes pleaded no contest Thursday to a marijuana possession charge. ...more

September 28, 2007

Just when the divorce between inactive Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes and his wife seemed to be nearing a simple end, confusion and accusations broke out again Thursday. ...more

September 21, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - "Master Drew," the man authorities say entered into a five-year "sex slave" contract with a 19-year-old woman in July, is facing additional charges in the case. ...more

September 20, 2007