Officer Kevin Krupa stops at a Sulphur Springs house to talk to a teen in the driveway. ...more

February 9, 2008

In a 2-1 vote, a panel of judges on Wednesday denied the appeal of an apartment complex that lost a $15.7 million judgment to a former resident who was shot three times in the head and survived. ...more

February 7, 2008

TAMPA - In a 2-1 vote, a panel of judges today denied the appeal of an apartment complex that lost a $15.7 million judgment to a former resident who was shot three times in the head and survived. ...more

February 6, 2008

The Tampa Police Department is working on its 2007 annual crime report, expected to be released this month. Detailed statistics are not available yet, but supervisors say a preliminary look shows the city's crime rate has dropped about 10 percent. ...more

February 5, 2008

Some Iraq veterans are having trouble adjusting to life outside the combat zone, leading them to violent crimes. ...more

January 13, 2008

The nation experienced a 1.8 percent dip in violent crime during the first six months of 2007 compared with the same period in 2006, the FBI announced today. ...more

January 7, 2008

Each of Florida's 67 counties has at least one gang member in state prison, but there is no statewide law enforcement strategy to reduce gang activity, state Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

December 20, 2007

The Gang Reduction Strategy Summit today and Thursday in Tallahassee will help local and state law enforcement agencies, as well as the school systems and programs that work with at-risk youth, come up with a strategy. ...more

December 19, 2007

Bucking a statewide trend, overall crime in Tampa dropped 8.6 percent in the first half of this year compared with the first half of 2006, statistics released Tuesday show. ...more

November 7, 2007

Anybody wanting to sell a stolen gun probably wouldn't take it to a legitimate gun store - there are just too many hoops to jump through, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said. ...more

November 1, 2007