For 10 hours last year, members of the Hillsborough sheriff's crisis negotiation team were on the phone with an enraged man holed up at a gun range as the lives of five hostages hung on their every act. ...more

July 15, 2008

Today, police agencies across Florida recognized the work the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office did during the tense hours Jeffrey Lane Dudney held five people hostage. ...more

July 14, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- A day set aside to honor injured Iraq soldier Josh Cooley will highlight the Fourth of July holiday weekend in West Pasco. Pasco County commissioners declared Saturday, July 5, as Josh Cooley Day as the Marine continues his recovery from a brain injury he suffered nearly three years ago. ...more

July 2, 2008

When gunshots rang out Tuesday afternoon at Lakeland Square Mall, Mike Shihaibar ushered customers to the rear of his store, then rushed to the front to close the metal gate. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA — Arrest warrants have been issued for John Eugene Odom and Susan Marie Wallen, the Lakeland couple who detectives said are suspects in the murder of two Lakeland men, Polk County sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers said. ...more

June 17, 2008

The stolen car of Henry Todd Bruder, who was found tied up and shot to death Saturday morning at his Lakeland home, was found Sunday afternoon at an Ocala inn. ...more

June 17, 2008

A man suspected of beating and raping a woman after he invited her into his home Monday was found dead Tuesday morning behind his family's Land O' Lakes business. Authorities are calling it a suicide. ...more

June 4, 2008

ZEPHYRHILLS - A man suspected of beating and raping a woman after he invited her into his home on Monday has been found dead in Land O' Lakes in what authorities are calling a suicide. ...more

June 3, 2008

Durant Road was closed to traffic for nearly two hours Monday while the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SWAT team apprehended an armed man outside his home. ...more

May 24, 2008

Authorities say DMX has been arrested on drug and animal cruelty charges in Phoenix after an overnight raid on the rapper's house. ...more

May 10, 2008