Authorities are looking for two women who were seen bringing four children on a shoplifting trip to a Bealls department store on Route 54 in New Port Richey. The women were captured on store surveillance cameras as they entered the store, selected a large purse and began taking items from the men's and children's sections and putting them in the purse, according to an investigation report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Department. ...more

July 1, 2008

AVON PARK — An Avon Park woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $1,500 bond Wednesday, after police charged her with punching and robbing her ex in the parking lot of the Hendricks Corner grocery store. Cara Anne Parnell, 31, of 906 Palmer Ave., was booked on charges of robbery and domestic violence battery (with a previous conviction for domestic battery). The 57-year-old victim, an Avon Park resident living at a different address, reported that at about 8 a.m. Saturday, he was parked along the west side of Hendricks and was standing at his driver's side door, when Parnell got out of a blue vehicle and walked up to him demanding money, the report stated. The victim refused and was punched in his neck. Parnell walked away, but returned demanding money again. He told her he wasn't giving her any, the report stated. ...more

May 28, 2008

Warning: Giving out rides to strangers — or refusing to pick them up — can be a dangerous undertaking. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA The man shown on video taking cash from a safe at a Big Lots store in Seminole was arrested today and linked to other robberies in the area, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 21, 2008

A police officer wounded in a mall shootout was listed in serious condition Monday, two days after he shot and killed a man suspected of shoplifting, police said. ...more

January 29, 2008

A former Girl Scout leader was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday for stealing her troop members' Social Security numbers and using them in a tax-fraud scheme. ...more

January 25, 2008

For years, a multimillion dollar theft ring has swiped health, beauty and medicine products off the shelves of local retailers and then sold the stolen goods on the Internet and in flea markets, authorities say. ...more

January 24, 2008

NEWS AND NOTES 2 Tampa Catholic Players Named First-Team All-State Five players from Tampa Catholic's state runner-up football team earned all-state honors Tuesday, including senior DL Marco Mendoza and senior LB P.J. Briody, who each were named to the Florida Sports Writers Association's Class 2A first team. ...more

January 15, 2008

It is North Port's version of "The Thomas Crown Affair," but here the thief wears a Heron Creek polo shirt and khaki shorts. ...more

January 6, 2008

In spite of increased police presence in front of all the major retail stores, there are some who still try to steal while no one is looking. ...more

December 27, 2007