ST. PETERSBURG - In an attempt to identify a man who robbed a SunTrust bank on Monday, police have released surveillance images of the robbery. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA -- Police are searching for two men who held up a Hillsborough Avenue Shell station on Sunday. Tampa police say the two men came into the gas station at 2356 W. Hillsborough Ave. about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. One pulled a gun and ordered the clerk to open the cash register while the other robber emptied the register. ...more

June 17, 2008

A Hillsborough County deputy foiled an attempted robbery today at Grace Pharmacy and officials are asking the public for help in identifying a suspect, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

June 17, 2008

A man who held up a Burger King at breakfast today was arrested at lunchtime outside a Checkers, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 15, 2008

BRADENTON A robber took back his note this morning as he made off with cash from the register at a Bradenton Burger King. ...more

June 15, 2008

A suspected robber aimed a loaded gun at the police officer chasing him on Monday afternoon. ...more

June 5, 2008

It appears unlikely that criminal charges will be filed against the owner of a drive-through beverage and snacks store who fatally shot a man he said was trying to rob him Monday night, a Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman said Tuesday. ...more

May 28, 2008

SEFFNER – Just hours after a store owner shot and killed an apparent robber, the owner's wife and daughter were back at work. Karla Vigil, 47, said her husband, Cres Vigil, 46, was at home this morning. "He's pretty shaken up," she said. "It's not something he wanted to do." ...more

May 27, 2008

Relaxing in their Seffner backyard on Memorial Day evening, Ann and Jose Delafuento would not have been surprised to hear a few fireworks. But Jose Delafuento knew he wasn't hearing Roman candles shooting off. "It was definitely gunshots. Seven or eight of them. Pow, pow, pow," he said. A few minutes later, the Delafuentos discovered the source of the shots as sheriff's cruisers hastened to the CNK Beverage Pit at 12002 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., nearly across from their home. ...more

May 27, 2008

The Sweetbay Supermarket pharmacy at 3406 U.S. 19 is the latest target in a rash of holdups in which robbers are demanding high-strength, opiate painkillers, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported late Friday. ...more

May 24, 2008