A convicted rapist accused of sexually assaulting an elderly Seminole Heights woman appears in court and pleads not guilty. ...more

September 15, 2009

A car seat, beautician hair-washing sinks and hospital scrubs. The only thing the items have in common, police say, is that they all were used to mask the identities of three men who have held up pawnshops. ...more

September 10, 2009

Police have arrested the man they say stole a purse from a 74-year-old woman on Valentine's Day. ...more

February 15, 2009

The face of the neighborhood pawnshop is changing. Traditionally, they squatted on the poor sides of town, catering to the desperate and down-and-out, people who slink in with a piece of jewelry or a cheap stereo for needed cash. ...more

February 7, 2009

TAMPA - Former University of Miami and Plant High quarterback Robert Marve is still considering several schools and won't make a decision on where he will transfer until sometime after National Signing Day, Feb. 4, Plant coach Robert Weiner said. ...more

January 25, 2009

The University of Miami has added USF and UCF to the schools ex-UM quarterback Robert Marve may transfer to, but Marve's father is not happy the school won't allow him to consider Florida, LSU or Tennessee. ...more

January 9, 2009

The Lake Placid Police Department is seeking information into an early-morning burglary at Central Pawn on Dec. 24. ...more

January 1, 2009

TAMPA - Five members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida for sale to street gangs in Puerto Rico received prison sentences this morning ranging from one to four years. They join seven other members of the ring, who were sentenced last week to up to 14 years behind bars. One of the leaders of the ring, Melvin Omar Velez-Santos, 30, had his sentencing hearing postponed until next week. ...more

December 12, 2008

It was an obviously piqued and perturbed Pepper Pennington who pugnaciously propagated a pejoratively passionate passing shot over a recent column about her boss, Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Pawn. ...more

October 5, 2008

Police weren't sure whether an armed robber was still in a pawnshop when they were told of a holdup by an employee calling from inside, but now they have determined that in all likelihood the thief slipped out a side door. ...more

October 3, 2008