TAMPA – A day after Gerald Scott found his family dog shot, he still can't believe it. He said today he heard a gunshot Tuesday and came out of the house on 39th Street in Tampa to find the dog, Lady, with a gunshot wound. The bullet traveled through Lady's chest and into her right front leg, Scott said. ...more

December 10, 2008

They were on their way to get money from an ATM when it happened. ...more

December 6, 2008

They were on their way to get money from an ATM machine when it happened. ...more

December 5, 2008

TAMPA Jacey Laundree, the sister of one of the two Apollo Beach restaurant workers who said they were kidnapped and raped in August by three unknown attackers, spoke out Monday night about the impact the incident has had on her family. Rigoberto Moron Martinez, Vicente Reyes-Carbajal and 13-year-old Jose Walle were charged in the rapes as well as in a similar attack at a St. Petersburg restaurant in July. Martinez also faces another rape charge in Hillsborough County. ...more

November 18, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - When Scott Paton's son, Nick, was born three and a half years ago, everything seemed perfect. The fairy tale almost ended, however, when the newborn had trouble breathing. A breathing problem put him in the Intensive Care Unit, where doctors scrambled to diagnose and fix the problem. ...more

November 16, 2008

The owner of Donut King did not see the individuals coming who eventually robbed her. ...more

October 12, 2008

Three good Samaritans who offered rides to two young men were robbed and pistol-whipped for their trouble Friday night. No one was seriously injured and the two attackers remained at large this morning. ...more

October 11, 2008

A man accused of killing his wife and stabbing her son in July could face the death penalty if he's convicted of first-degree murder. ...more

September 16, 2008

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing his wife to death in July. ...more

September 15, 2008

Steve Raymond told me about a year ago that he never expected to live this long, by at least a half century. ...more

September 10, 2008