A 17-year-old boy was shot in the upper left thigh Wednesday night. Officers say Terrico Newsome was standing at the entrance to the Jackson Court apartments in Tampa as four people sat inside a 1990 blue Mercury Sable nearby. Two of the vehicle's occupants got out and approached Newsome. ...more

December 11, 2008

A pilot flying from Leesburg to Fort Myers crashed in a Hardee County orange grove while trying to make an emergency landing this morning. ...more

December 7, 2008

A Tampa teenager was killed when the SUV he was riding in skidded out of control just after 1 a.m. Thursday in Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

December 4, 2008

Investigators say the same men may have shot two brothers in separate store robberies this week. ...more

December 4, 2008

In the 10 years he has owned a St. Petersburg deli, Narendra Patel has been shot twice in separate robberies. ...more

December 3, 2008

The owner of a convenience store was shot and wounded even though he gave two armed robbers everything in the store's cash register, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

December 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG In the 10 years he has owned a St. Petersburg deli, Narendra Patel has been shot twice in two robberies. Police this morning were still searching for two men they say shot Patel, 53, and robbed Star Deli Food Store, 2451 Fifth Ave. N., about 10:30 p.m. Monday. ...more

December 2, 2008

Detectives are trying to determine whether a series of brazen, violent robberies over the weekend are connected. ...more

December 1, 2008

Police are searching for two men who robbed a Sonic restaurant early this morning and shot the manager in the foot as they were leaving. ...more

November 30, 2008

Hector Sastre was walking to a store near Hillsborough and Himes avenues Monday afternoon when he heard gunfire and saw people running from a nearby laundry. ...more

November 17, 2008