For decades, The Spring of Tampa Bay has worked to protect women and children affected by domestic violence. ...more

October 21, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of service calls reported Oct. 8-14 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the office at (813) 247-8200. ...more

October 21, 2009

Lithia Pinecrest Road at Orangewalk Drive, just south of Lumsden Road, is closed in both directions as Tampa Electric Co. removes a power pole and electric lines knocked to the ground, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 19, 2009

Miraculous. Sheriff David Gee could think of no better way to account for how one of his deputies survived a gunshot to the neck while responding to a 911 call. ...more

October 14, 2009

Four days before a hearing about the roughly $18,000 he owed his ex-wife in child support, Robert Cecil Laird jumped to his death from the Sunshine Skyway bridge. ...more

October 13, 2009

Deputies are investigating two bodies found at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. ...more

October 13, 2009

A woman perusing Craig's List last week spotted her stolen bicycle for sale, authorities said. ...more

October 12, 2009

A mother and two children were struck by a car as they crossed Hillsborough Avenue and Sawyer Road this morning. ...more

October 9, 2009

Deputies ended an armed standoff with a man barricaded in a Brandon wine store shortly before 2:30 p.m. today. ...more

October 4, 2009

TAMPA - Friends and family held a candlelight vigil this evening in remembrance of Essence Jade Jovan Williams, the 19-year-old Tampa woman who died after she was shot following what authorities have called a domestic-related call. ...more

October 4, 2009