AVON PARK — An Avon Park man was free Wednesday on $25,000 bail after he was accused by his sister of punching her and trying to strangle her over a pair of tennis shoes. Earl Bernard Nelson, 34, of 1168 Memorial Drive, Avon Park, was charged with simple battery and felony battery or domestic battery by strangulation. ...more

June 11, 2008

Isaiah Collins had minutes to live as he lay bleeding on the roadside by the bright green palmettos. ...more

May 27, 2008

Detectives were looking for a man and woman who concealed their identities with motorcycle helmets and robbed a Northdale pharmacy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Detectives are looking for a man and a woman who concealed their identities with motorcycle helmets and robbed a Northdale pharmacy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 21, 2008

CRYSTAL RIVER - A woman working with her son at his convenience store was shot in the abdomen after a struggle with the gunman, Citrus County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 11, 2008

A 21-year-old Tampa man hid in a women's shower stall at a South Tampa gym so he could watch a woman while she showered, police say. ...more

February 7, 2008

TAMPA - A 21-year-old Tampa man hid in a women's shower stall at a South Tampa gym so he could see a nude woman while she showered, police say. ...more

February 7, 2008

My mother is in her ninth decade. That makes my own age look like a typo when I'm asked to write it on a page and sound like an outright lie when I speak it. ...more

December 23, 2007

For five weeks, Barbara Del Castillo feared for the whereabouts of her only son, who suffered from schizophrenia and loved to visit Wal-Mart stores and comic book stores on their weekly outings. ...more

November 29, 2007

TAMPA - For five weeks, Barbara Del Castillo feared for the whereabouts of her only son, who suffered from schizophrenia and loved to visit Wal-Mart stores and comic book stores on their weekly outings. ...more

November 28, 2007