LAKELAND - A father and son fought each other and then sheriff's deputies Tuesday night, disrupting the end of a hard-fought girls basketball playoff game, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

February 13, 2008

In the four hours it took Alaska State Troopers to arrive at the Eskimo village of Nunam Iqua, a man choked and raped his 13-year-old stepdaughter in front of three younger children. He already had beaten his wife with a shotgun and pistol-whipped a friend after an evening drinking home brew. ...more

February 9, 2008

The Taser that Hillsborough County deputies fired at Thomas Tyrone McCleave was ineffective, so they pepper-sprayed him, authorities say. ...more

February 5, 2008

The Taser that Hillsborough County deputies fired at Thomas Tyrone McCleave was ineffective, so they pepper-sprayed him, deputies say. Even then, he refused to comply with commands and said deputies would have to kill him before he went back behind bars, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

February 4, 2008

TAMPA - A 17-year-old girl stole a Hillsborough County deputy's gun and Taser from a closet, deputies say. ...more

February 4, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa man slammed a door twice on a deputy's leg, then grabbed him around the neck and pulled him to the ground, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 21, 2008

AVON PARK — An Avon Park New Year's Eve party reportedly erupted into violence early Tuesday morning between an Avon Park family, two others and police officers responding to a complaint, leading to the arrest of five people. Richard Mendez, 47, of Avon Park, was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence. He was later charged with corruption by threat against a law enforcement officer. ...more

January 3, 2008

A Tampa police officer shot a pit bull in the chest today after the animal and a second pit bull attacked, Tampa police say. ...more

December 24, 2007

A Temple Terrace man tried to avoid arrest Thursday by jumping off a third-story balcony, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 7, 2007

A Temple Terrace man tried to avoid arrest today by jumping off a third-story balcony, Hillsborough County deputies say. In the end, Norris Nathaniel Mincey Jr. still was arrested. He landed on a truck and wound up in Tampa General Hospital, where he was listed late this morning in critical condition. ...more

December 6, 2007