The detention deputy was sitting at his desk when the inmate attacked. The deputy is 64; the inmate is 40 years his junior. ...more

November 5, 2009

Shortly after he burst into a woman's home and robbed her at gunpoint, taking a laptop computer, a man tried selling the piece of electronics equipment to someone in her neighborhood, St. Petersburg police say. But the would-be buyer grew suspicious and took a picture of the man, police say. Now investigators hope that by releasing the buyer's photograph they might get a tip as to who he is. ...more

October 28, 2009

A second suspect has been arrested in a home invasion-robbery in which a sheriff's deputy was shot in the neck. ...more

October 28, 2009

Three men entered an apartment and punched another man and hit him with a barbell before leaving with his wallet and money, police said. ...more

October 20, 2009

An 80-year-old Ohio man is recovering from a week in which he was beaten during a home invasion and then shot while trying to learn about guns. ...more

October 3, 2009

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office has charged a Palmetto man with murder in the wake of a fatal home invasion Thursday night. Lamont Yarn, 19, who has no permanent address, was shot in the upper body during the incident at a home on Third Avenue Drive East in Palmetto. ...more

October 3, 2009

A mother and son are dead and a third person is injured after a home invasion in Palmetto late Thursday night. ...more

October 2, 2009

Authorities have identified the victim of this morning's deadly home invasion as 27-year-old Justin D. Green. Threel armed robbers broke into Green's home in the 2100 block of Hampton Drive North about 3 a.m. and shot him, said St. Petersburg police Detective Gary Gibson. The incident had drug overtones, police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. ...more

October 1, 2009

Investigators identified the victim of a home invasion this morning as 55-year-old Paul William Proto. Police responded to a report of a home invasion at 9405 N. 10th St. shortly after midnight today. After the shooting, a suspect took off in the victim's car, a 1996 white Cadillac Seville, police said. ...more

September 23, 2009

Pinellas Sheriff's deputies are searching for three suspects in a home invasion this morning in which someone was shot. ...more

August 24, 2009