Largo police shot and wounded a 36-year-old man this morning after he pointed a knife and then a replica of a handgun at them, officials said. ...more

December 6, 2008

TAMPA A woman spent her 43rd birthday in jail, accused of striking her husband in the head with a bottle and trying to throw her grandmother to the ground, police said. Lilwanda Miller Thompson was held without bail today at the Falkenburg Road Jail, records show. She is charged with felony battery on a person over 65 and two misdemeanors, battery and resisting an officer without violence. ...more

December 4, 2008

A Girl Scout leader and her husband were arrested after an emaciated, terrified and nearly naked 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, saying he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday. ...more

December 3, 2008

Pinellas County deputies arrested a 21-year-old man early this morning in connection with an armed home invasion in which one victim was pistol whipped. ...more

November 30, 2008

Micah Israel Rodriguez now knows what not to do when being arrested on a warrant for violating probation. ...more

November 28, 2008

Four times this month, Pollard A. Cobb Jr., listed in jail records as a guest services employee at the Florida Aquarium, used a company credit card machine to obtain a forged refund on a prepaid Visa debit card issued in his name, according to a police report. ...more

November 28, 2008

A 27-year old Clearwater man was arrested Wednesday morning shortly after his girlfriend died from injuries she suffered in a beating Tuesday night, Clearwater police said. ...more

November 27, 2008

A 27-year old Clearwater man was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning shortly after his live-in girlfriend died from injuries she suffered in a beating Tuesday night, Clearwater police said. ...more

November 26, 2008

Two teenagers were arrested Sunday after one of them used an air rifle to kill a squirrel, according to Largo police. ...more

November 24, 2008

Police have arrested the driver of a car they say was going east in the westbound lanes of Tampa Bay Boulevard and crashed head-on into another vehicle, injuring four people. James Darron Snead, 43, of 1311 U.S. 92, Lot 69, Auburndale, remained in the Orient Road Jail this morning. Bail was set at $8,000. ...more

November 24, 2008