Detectives today went door to door searching for clues and warning neighbors about a robber on the loose with a history of violence after a weekend home invasion. The attack happened in the middle of the day Saturday on Bougainvillea Street, west of U.S. 41, in an area known as the Southside Flower District. ...more

March 10, 2009

When a man walking through Tampa Housing Authority property saw uniformed officers nearby Monday night, he ran off and tried hiding by illegally entering the home of a person he didn't know, police say. Officers later determined the man, Jonathan Lee Stealey, had an active arrest warrant for violating probation of resisting arrest with violence. ...more

March 5, 2009

Authorities say a Fort Pierce woman called 911 three times after McDonald's employees told her they were out of Chicken McNuggets. ...more

March 3, 2009

A 45-year-old man approached a person in a convenience store parking lot Monday night, displayed a knife and demanded money, Tampa police say. ...more

March 3, 2009

Preston Parker's legal problems are continuing less than a month after his was kicked off Florida State University's football team. Parker was charged with DUI by Tallahassee police in January. That arrest violated his probation in a Palm Beach County case, and a warrant was issued for his arrest, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Parker turned himself in Sunday night, and he was being held in the Palm Beach County jail, according to the sheriff's office Web site. ...more

February 23, 2009

The University of South Florida associate vice president who resigned Tuesday over his role in taking a student's bicycle will receive a $50,000 settlement from the university. ...more

February 19, 2009

The roughly 21,000 Florida residents whose credit card information may have been accessed by a hacker who got into records of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts last year should monitor their credit reports, the state's attorney general warned today. ...more

February 16, 2009

Authorities say a Sarasota father who admitted taking tranquilizers let his 8-year-old son drive the car in a parking lot, where the boy almost hit two people and struck two trees. ...more

February 10, 2009

A man in his mid-20s pretended to be a police officer and robbed a Bradenton man Friday, Bradenton police say. ...more

February 10, 2009

Suspected hit-and-run driver killed himself after being stopped for speeding ...more

February 10, 2009