A police officer was placed on administrative leave Thursday over a traffic stop involving an NFL player whom he kept in a hospital parking lot and threatened to arrest while his mother-in-law died inside the building. ...more

March 26, 2009

A Sebring woman remained in jail Wednesday on a $15,000 bond after being arrested Monday for allegedly battering her grandmother. ...more

March 26, 2009

With state and local budgets in fiscal free-fall, many of Florida's cities are looking at their revenue and expenses to judge how to improve their fiscal responsibility. But when we look at the long-term picture for cities, one issue in particular leaps out as one that could burden city taxpayers terribly in the years ahead. ...more

March 22, 2009

A former Tampa police officer has been offered an agreement on a criminal charge stemming from an incident where investigators say he rammed the fence of a romantic rival. ...more

March 19, 2009

Authorities say they have arrested a 25-year-old who has been impersonating an Orange County sheriff's deputy. ...more

March 14, 2009

Maybe Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White misses his old line of work. White was driving home on North Boulevard Friday evening when he saw a man beating a woman at around the 3700 block. ...more

March 13, 2009

LAKE PLACID A Fort Pierce woman remained in jail Thursday on a $26,250 bond after being arrested on warrants alleging she hit a man with her vehicle and fled. ...more

March 12, 2009

Two Orlando men, one wanted on a warrant for attempted murder, died when their car crashed while trying to elude police early this morning, Tampa police say. ...more

March 12, 2009

A Highlands County jury began deliberating late Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of the trial of three people charged in a 2008 Avon Park New Year's Eve brawl that involved police officers. ...more

March 12, 2009

A St. Petersburg police officer is recovering after he chased a suspect on foot then was dragged at least 150 feet by the apparent getaway car. ...more

March 11, 2009