A walk with his 4-month-old pit bull, Jessica, turned tense for a man Tuesday after several men beat him and tried to snatch the dog, police said. ...more

February 25, 2009

A Bradenton woman was charged with felony burglary after she repeatedly broke into a home in her neighborhood to use the clothes washer and dryer in a vacant home, according to an arrest report. ...more

February 24, 2009

Authorities say a distraught St. Petersburg man threw a grenade at two officers in hopes of being shot by police. ...more

February 22, 2009

Police arrested the manager of a halfway house this morning after one of the residents said the manager threatened him with a gun. ...more

February 17, 2009

Nevada gambling regulators have warned casinos in the state about a card-counting program that works on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPod Touch that illegally helps players beat the house in blackjack. ...more

February 16, 2009

A 5-year-old boy told police his parents "smoke drugs a lot" while his father and others were being arrested on drug and child-neglect charges. ...more

February 14, 2009

Donte Maurice Bingham started his day driving a stolen car with a suspended license, burglarized three houses in Gibsonton and ended with a police chase lasting roughly 13 miles, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 14, 2009

A man working at the Florida State Fair found himself the main attraction for deputies after an investigator noticed two marijuana plants sunning themselves in his bunk trailer window, police said. ...more

February 14, 2009

A New Port Richey woman was arrested on a felony gun charge after screeners at Tampa International Airport found a loaded .38-caliber handgun in her carry-on bag, an affidavit states. ...more

February 13, 2009

Deputies arrested a Tampa couple today, accusing them of owning roosters for cockfighting, records show. ...more

February 13, 2009