A 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting a Middleton High School senior last month in a dispute over a bicycle will remain in jail without bail. ...more

December 18, 2009

Tampa police now have a clearer picture on how the cremated remains of a decorated World War II veteran and his wife wound up dumped behind a vacant Tampa college. ...more

December 17, 2009

A police officer is gunned down in his patrol car in Penn Hills, Pa., while waiting for backup. Near Seattle, four officers starting their day at a coffee shop are ambushed by an ex-con with a handgun. Another four officers are shot to death in Oakland, Calif., after a traffic stop gone awry. Across the nation, 2009 was a particularly perilous year for officers involved in gun disputes. ...more

December 13, 2009

Authorities today identified Daniel Reeves as the armed robber who held up the Suncoast Schools Credit Union on Friday, according to Tampa police. ...more

December 12, 2009

Christopher Allan Sortor told Tampa police he likes driving to bus stops to meet women and ask if they would like a ride. ...more

December 10, 2009

Police are investigating a domestic shooting Wednesday night that left one man dead and another in serious but stable condition. ...more

December 9, 2009

Crouched behind a wood pile, the disheveled man had a pistol, a revolver and a loaded magazine in his pockets. An assault rifle lay near his feet. A Taser probe dangled from his tangle of hair. ...more

December 9, 2009

Crouched behind a wood pile, the disheveled man had a pistol, a revolver and a loaded magazine in his pockets. An assault rifle lay near his feet. A Taser probe dangled from his tangle of hair. ...more

December 8, 2009

A make-believe elephant, with bandages and a pinkish head wound, made some parents angry, but Ellie the elephant also got some hugs and at least one-high five from students leaving Mitchell Elementary School Tuesday afternoon. The bloodied "elephant" is part of a campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to boycott circuses. The animal rights group Tuesday sent a press release announcing that Ellie would hand out a comic, "An Elephant's Life," and coloring book, "Animals Belong in the Jungle," to children and parents as school ended for the day. ...more

December 8, 2009

Poor Tiger Tiger Woods wanting privacy and his sports cohorts coming down on poor Tiger's side in the media blitz - well, there's an old song that goes, "You had it comin' to you, you rascal you." ...more

December 7, 2009