A 24-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested Sunday on charges he and three other suspects boxed in a vehicle Thursday with two cars to commit a robbery, St. Petersburg police said. The charges against Reo Roeshawn Weston include kidnapping and armed robbery. ...more

October 6, 2008

Legrand Pratt Jr. was sentenced to 12 years in prison today after pleading guilty to attempted murder for dragging Tampa Officer Kiet Truong down a road while Truong was holding on to the stolen Corvette that Pratt was driving. ...more

September 26, 2008

How far can they get in these contraptions? Write the caption. ...more

September 4, 2008

Terry Maher of New Port Richey longs for the simpler days of public education. ...more

September 3, 2008

Ocala police say a woman drove away with a car she was taking out for a test drive. ...more

August 21, 2008

Wilfredo Vazquez had three forged Social Security cards and forged immigration identification Monday night when a Hillsborough County deputy pulled over a vehicle he was in, deputies say. ...more

August 19, 2008

I notice Republicans blame all ills on Democrats, and Democrats blame Republicans. No one is 100 percent right all of the time or wrong 100 percent of the time; but really, let's put blame where it belongs. Like the gas shortages, did we the American people do anything to conserve? No! We still have to drive our gas guzzlers and heaven forbid we cut our speed. At stop lights we floor board these monsters and reach that 60 miles per hour in three seconds. Heaven forbid we go to a smaller vehicle; we did! We bought a Toyota, used for economy. ...more

August 13, 2008

Investigators have reopened the case to decide whether the sheriff's finance director was driving drunk this weekend. ...more

July 16, 2008

Witness: 'You could tell from a hundred yards away she was drunk.' ...more

July 15, 2008

BRADENTON — A 21-year-old woman was jailed for leading police on a high-speed pursuit through Sarasota and Manatee counties, authorities say. ...more

July 15, 2008