Pinellas Park police are investigating a shooting near 81st Avenue and North 49th Street, an official said. ...more

December 18, 2008

The meter reader who last week discovered the remains of a small child near missing toddler Caylee Anthony's house had called the sheriff's office on three consecutive days in August asking deputies to respond to the scene, a sheriff's spokesman said Thursday. ...more

December 18, 2008

Not long before she was killed, Jennifer Johnson made a 911 call from the trunk of her own car as it traveled along Interstate 4 through Plant City. ...more

December 17, 2008

Dade City police are looking for a man they say robbed a Dollar General store on Saturday. ...more

December 15, 2008

The investigation into the discovery of a body found in Hardee County is now being headed by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 10, 2008

Gordie Larkin was in mid-sentence when the moment got to him. A detective with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Larkin was speaking at a Dade City Rotary Club meeting, where members of the sheriff's SWAT team were receiving a public service award named after him. ...more

December 10, 2008

Gordie Larkin was in mid-sentence when the moment got to him. A detective with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Larkin was speaking at a Dade City Rotary Club meeting, where members of the sheriff's SWAT team were receiving a public service award named after him. In 2002, Larkin, a member of the SWAT team, was shot between the eyes while issuing a search warrant. He was back on the force a year later. Addressing a crowd of about 100 at the Dade City Business Center, Larkin spoke of the pride he had in his fellow SWAT team members. Sheriff's Capt. Skip Stone, who leads the SWAT team, described the job as "usually volatile." "When we have SWAT situations, it usually involves firearms and drug activity," he said. "It creates a tough situation." ...more

December 8, 2008

A Sarasota Military Academy teacher tried to seduce a 16-year-old student by sending her text messages, taking her to the mall and offering her alcohol, a school official and deputies say. ...more

December 3, 2008

Alcohol might have been a factor in a fatal automobile accident in Pinellas Park early this morning, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department. ...more

December 1, 2008

Volunteers poised to share their expertise with Pasco County's schoolchildren came out in force for the Nov. 19 Great American Teach-In. ...more

November 26, 2008