ST. PETERSBURG - BayWalk, the city's downtown retail and entertainment complex, was the focal point of several violent and chaotic incidents last night, including a man shot in the leg, a crowd stampeding for free money, and a brawl involving teenage girls that was so intense officers say they had to use pepper spray to break it up. ...more

December 26, 2007

It was that quick. Hillsborough County Deputy Nelson Birch didn't see the sliver of metal in the jail inmate's hands until it was too late. ...more

December 22, 2007

Hillsborough County Deputy Nelson Birch is back on the job after a near-fatal attack by a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate. ...more

December 20, 2007

Border Patrol agents are firing tear gas and powerful pepper-spray weapons across the border into Mexico to repel what the agency says are an increasing number of attacks by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks. ...more

December 18, 2007

Beauty pageant organizers were investigating Sunday who doused a contestant's evening gowns with pepper spray and spiked her makeup, causing her to break out in hives. ...more

November 26, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Two inmates were hospitalized after getting into a fight over a TV at Land O' Lakes Jail on Thursday. ...more

November 25, 2007

Two inmates were hospitalized after getting into a fight over the TV at the Land O'Lakes jail on Thursday. ...more

November 24, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A deputy at the Land O' Lakes jail was injured early Wednesday morning when he tried to break up a fight between two inmates in the maximum-security wing. ...more

November 22, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A deputy at the Land O' Lakes jail was injured early this morning when he tried to break up a fight between two inmates in the maximum-security wing. ...more

November 21, 2007

Hillsborough County deputies are searching for three men suspected in a string of armed home invasions and the shooting of a resident who nearly caught one of the suspects. ...more

October 31, 2007