A local man charged with battery and animal cruelty in reference to the beating of a Sebring woman and her pet pig was sentenced to 30 months in state prison on Monday ...more

January 13, 2009

In the hours after he killed the mother of his child, Vincent George Brown Jr. recorded an eerie greeting on his cell phone and went to a party in East Tampa - driving the victim's car, police said Friday. ...more

January 10, 2009

In the hours after he killed the mother of his child, Vincent George Brown Jr. recorded an eerie greeting on his cell phone, attended a party in East Tampa and drove the car from whose trunk the woman had called 911 for help, police said today. ...more

January 9, 2009

A massive manhunt is on for six inmates who escaped this evening from a state prison on DeSoto County. ...more

January 7, 2009

Tampa police were conducting an undercover prostitution sting last night when suddenly a man pulled out a gun. ...more

December 30, 2008

Nicholas Altamuro and Sharon Sprout share at least one characteristic - they're violent criminals. ...more

December 24, 2008

Three people are facing armed drug trafficking charges after investigators discovered a stash of cocaine, marijuana, morphine and Ecstasy in a house south of Gunn Highway, affidavits say. ...more

December 18, 2008

The following people were booked Monday, Dec. 8 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 10, 2008

Police have arrested a 39-year-old homeless man they say raped a woman in a bathroom in the psychiatric ward of St. Joseph's Hospital on Thursday afternoon. ...more

December 5, 2008

A 31-year-old woman found slain last week will be buried in northern Florida, with visitation in Tampa, a funeral home said Tuesday. ...more

November 26, 2008