A mother slashed her baby in the face with a knife during a spat with her boyfriend this weekend, authorities say. ...more

January 5, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG A 35-year-old man was killed New Year's Eve after he crossed into the opposite lane and crashed into another vehicle. Curtis Ronald Godfrey of 636 25th Ave. S. was declared dead at the scene of the accident, which took place shortly before midnight on 22nd Avenue South, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

January 1, 2009

Many people use drugs to escape into the world of pleasure. ...more

December 26, 2008

A lawyer was arrested at SideBern's on Saturday night because of events after a fistfight that started in the women's bathroom, police say. ...more

December 22, 2008

The city's police department is searching for a man accused of robbing the Dollar General on U.S. 301 on Saturday night. ...more

December 17, 2008

A 36-year-old Tampa man was stabbed and died this morning in an apparent domestic homicide in Clearwater, police said. ...more

December 13, 2008

A Punta Gorda man has been charged with lacing the food and drinks of a niece and nephew with antidepressants, police said. ...more

December 13, 2008

TAMPA Three teenagers are accused of robbing a Pizza Hut deliveryman at gunpoint, then ordering him to kneel in a closet while facing the wall, police said. Victor Maurice Tanner Jr., 19, Malcolm Rashad Hill, 19, and Frederick Wallace Reddick, 18, were held without bail today at the Orient Road Jail. Tampa police arrested them Wednesday on felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, records show. ...more

December 4, 2008

After causing a traffic accident at Busch Boulevard and Florida Avenue early Saturday morning, an 18-year-old Tampa woman fled the scene, followed by the woman she hit, only to cause another wreck 19 minutes later farther down Busch, police say. ...more

November 30, 2008

Four times this month, Pollard A. Cobb Jr., listed in jail records as a guest services employee at the Florida Aquarium, used a company credit card machine to obtain a forged refund on a prepaid Visa debit card issued in his name, according to a police report. ...more

November 28, 2008