CLEARWATER -- A 14-year-old Clearwater boy was arrested early today after he struck a police cruiser with a 1991 Honda Accord, narrowly missing one police officer and then gunning the Accord toward a second officer, authorities said. ...more

February 20, 2008

A new dog park on Monterey Boulevard within the Logan Gate Village subdivision was closed recently after a patrol car smashed through three of its fences. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - A pick up truck slammed into a house, hurling a television at the 97-year-old owner at 1209 Holmes Ave. and causing a gas leak just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade said. ...more

January 17, 2008

A lawsuit alleges that a rental company failed to obtain proof of insurance before loaning a car that wound up in a fatal crash. ...more

January 15, 2008

CITRUS PARK Dogs were just getting accustomed to having a new place to stretch their legs. ...more

January 14, 2008

PLANT CITY - Michael Joseph Lizzi rammed a Hillsborough County sergeant's patrol car with his Chevrolet Monte Carlo this morning and tried running over two Florida Highway Patrol troopers, authorities say. ...more

December 30, 2007

PLANT CITY - A 32-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in two separate incidents ‑ a hit and run crash where he left injured passengers behind and attempting to run a police vehicle off the road after a shoplifting at Wal-Mart, authorities said. ...more

November 23, 2007

TAMPA – A University of South Florida student charged with illegally transporting explosives wants his case to be tried separately from a fellow student, who also is accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - A Tampa man is being held without bail this morning after he struck his girlfriend on the head with an empty beer bottle, police records state. Stephen Christopher Menendez, 19, of 4230 La Dega Court, was being held at Orient Road Jail. He is charged with felony aggravated battery and felony aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. ...more

October 8, 2007