Radford Remington Richardson III shot a 6-year-old boy in the lower right leg with a BB gun, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Richardson at 5 p.m. Tuesday. He was charged with aggravated child abuse. ...more

January 7, 2009

Primavera Adeigbola of Tampa drove under the influence with four children in her vehicle, police say. ...more

January 5, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Dec. 18-21 and Dec. 23 and 24 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Calls for Dec. 22 were unavailable. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-8200. ...more

December 31, 2008

A woman was sentenced Tuesday to time served for her role in the confinement of her son, then 9, who authorities say was kept locked in his bedroom for almost three years and monitored by a video camera. ...more

December 30, 2008

Every parent, grandparent and every adult should be up in arms at our county for the planned cuts in the amount of teachers for our middle and high schools. ...more

December 27, 2008

A Lake Placid woman charged with the murder of her newly delivered infant child will next appear in court in February. ...more

December 26, 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

For the second time in less than a week, a suspect charged in the November 2007 shooting of Samuel Tiller entered into a plea agreement. ...more

December 19, 2008

With a 2-year-old in his vehicle, a Clearwater man led police on a chase Wednesday evening after he attempted to buy drugs during an undercover narcotics operation, authorities say. Kevin Jefferson, 36, was charged with, among other things, child abuse and the attempted purchase of cocaine, said Elizabeth Watts, spokeswoman for Clearwater's public safety departments. ...more

December 18, 2008

A Punta Gorda man has been charged with lacing the food and drinks of a niece and nephew with antidepressants, police said. ...more

December 13, 2008