A Pinellas Sheriff's narcotics detective accidentally shot a 43-year-old woman this morning in St. Petersburg as he and other detectives were bursting through a door to a home, Pinellas Sheriff's authorities say. ...more

March 11, 2009

A Dover woman ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of another car, killing its driver late Sunday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

March 9, 2009

The newest member of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office was introduced to the public Friday morning. ...more

March 7, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY The newest member of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office was introduced to the public this morning. Eragon, a 14-month-old German shepherd, strode into the Sam's Club on U.S. 19 with his handler, Deputy Cliff Baltzer, a field training supervisor, and several other sheriff's officials around 9:30 a.m. ...more

March 6, 2009

A 19-year-old Seminole man involved in a February wreck has died, the Florida Highway Patrol said this morning. Justin Fenton died Feb. 26, six days after the wreck on 109th Avenue North and County Road 296, Sgt. Steve Gaskins said in a prepared statement. ...more

March 2, 2009

The Marines based at Camp Lejeune now know when their missions to Iraq will end, but they also know their deadly days of fighting overseas are far from over. ...more

February 27, 2009

A detention sergeant at the Pinellas County Jail was demoted to the rank of deputy after he took a television out of an inmate pod to punish unruly inmates, then misrepresented the damage he had done to the television in the process, according to memorandums released this morning by the sheriff's office. Former Sgt. Shane Stradley was also suspended for 80 hours, the memorandums say. ...more

February 26, 2009

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating 13 to 20 car break-ins that occurred overnight in a residential neighborhood in Madeira Beach, authorities said. There also might have been a few additional car burglaries in nearby Indian Shores. ...more

February 23, 2009

Jocks Doing Steroids With two wars and a failing economy I find it impossible to understand why time is wasted in Congress and on the news with these overpaid, underworked jocks doing steroids. They receive no punishment other than a slap on the wrist and told don't do it again. Then they go out and continue to pull in multimillion-dollar salaries. So why even bother. I am sick and tired of hearing about it. It makes no difference to anything vital to this country's well-being. If the baseball commissioner can't handle the problem, MLB should be abolished and they should all get jobs at McDonald's. It wouldn't hurt America at all. ...more

February 22, 2009

The condition of a teenager involved in a fatal crash that killed a veteran Hernando County law-enforcement officer has been upgraded today, from critical to serious, troopers said. ...more

February 21, 2009