Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in connection with a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 4, 2009 |

An investigation into the shooting of a 12-year-old Winter Haven boy has yielded four arrests. The boy was shot in the leg Monday afternoon as he and a friend unintentionally walked near two groups of people that were arguing, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Caleb Brown was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center and is home recuperating, deputies said today. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

A body was found today in the burned-out remains of a car belonging to the subject of a Silver Alert, Lakeland police officials said. ...more

December 30, 2008 |

A 12-year-old boy was shot in the leg Monday afternoon as he and a friend unintentionally walked near two groups of people that were arguing, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 29, 2008 |

Darrell Pike grabbed a 17-year-old boy by the neck, punched his face and slammed him against a wall Tuesday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 24, 2008 |

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Crime scene investigators have returned to the home of Casey Anthony, who is charged with killing her toddler daughter. ...more

December 20, 2008 |

Orlando authorities say DNA tests confirm the skeletal remains recently found in the woods belong to missing toddler Caylee Anthony ...more

December 19, 2008 |

A Westchase father and his young daughter were found Sunday night by a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office bloodhound after the two had been reported missing, Hillsborough County deputies say. "They apparently got lost in the woods, and our bloodhound Abby tracked to them," a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office news release states. "They are cold, but safe." ...more

December 15, 2008 |

As detectives enter their fourth day of searching a wooded area for clues in the case of a missing toddler, they're tight-lipped on whether any more evidence has been found. ...more

December 14, 2008 |

For a third day, authorities are searching the wooded area in Orlando where a child's skull was found in hopes of discovering more clues to solve the case of a missing girl. ...more

December 13, 2008 |