A dump truck driver troopers say was responsible for a wreck that temporarily shut down a railroad Tuesday has been charged for his role. ...more

March 12, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are looking for a 16-year-old girl last seen Tuesday night doing laundry at her Gibsonton home. ...more

March 11, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are looking for a 16-year-old girl who was last seen Tuesday night doing laundry at her Gibsonton home. ...more

March 11, 2009

Hunter, a male Mastiff mix, had been trained by its owner to play tug-of-war with a teddy bear about as large as a toddler, animal investigators said. ...more

March 11, 2009

A 21-year-old Tampa man beat a 2-year-old girl unconscious, causing her to stop breathing, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

March 9, 2009

Rafael Rokitta peered at the laptop Tampa police Officer Jimmy Owens opened on the trunk of a Ford Fusion in a city park Wednesday. ...more

March 7, 2009

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Oklahoma deputy on charges he traveled to Pinellas County to have sex with two children. ...more

March 6, 2009

A 12-year-old girl first reported missing on Monday has been found. Stormi Canter was found by members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigation Unit around 5 p.m., at a home near Commerce and Maple avenues, according to her mother, Helen McKinney. ...more

March 5, 2009

Rafael Rokitta peered at the laptop Tampa police Officer Jimmy Owens opened on the trunk of a Ford Fusion in a city park Wednesday. With a few key clicks, Owens looked up possible suspects related to a recent burglary. "Do you have computers in your car in Germany?" Owens asked. Rokitta, a trainee for the Berlin police, shook his head. He has to run identity checks from a main police building; nothing portable. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man once named Hernando County's most wanted received a 15-year prison sentence on Monday for his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. ...more

March 4, 2009