Police accused a 20-year-old man and two teenagers of attacking three people in Copeland Park on Tuesday, stabbing one of them. ...more

October 22, 2008

A Tampa woman is accused of entering Westchase Elementary School while drunk on Monday, punching a woman and yelling profanities in the presence of children, according to an affidavit. ...more

September 30, 2008

Police used a Taser on a man Monday night, causing him to drop an unloaded pistol, a preliminary report states. Jeffrey L. Parker, 32, of 7816 N. Cortez St., told Tampa police he was trying to kill himself while fleeing officers and had several rounds of ammunition, the report states. ...more

September 16, 2008

Polk deputies say an environmental cleanup company illegally dumped debris containing asbestos into the Green Swamp wetlands. ...more

September 12, 2008

Thousands of spectators cheered Olympic medalists Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and Kobe Bryant on Wednesday as the city of Chicago got a high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. ...more

September 4, 2008

A Dover woman was being held at Orient Road Jail on Friday after animal investigators and deputies found 10 emaciated dogs at her house. ...more

August 30, 2008

A Dover woman is being held at Orient Road Jail this morning after animal investigators and deputies found 10 emaciated dogs at her house. ...more

August 29, 2008

boys while they slept in his house. David William Sadler, of 38623 White Drive, is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery and one misdemeanor count of battery. The boys, ages 16, 15 and 14, reported similar stories: waking up to Sadler fondling their genitals, according to police reports. The incidents happened in May, reports state. Investigators with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office are asking any parents in the neighborhood whose children may have been at Sadler's home to call Detective Tim Harris at 1-800-854-2862, Ext. 5053. ...more

August 26, 2008

Joseph Renardo would like nothing more than to haul his two disabled shrimp boats out of the Anclote River, where they have been stuck for almost three years. ...more

August 15, 2008

A former shrimp fisherman whose disabled boats are stuck in the Anclote River is facing two felony charges of littering. The two shrimp boats sit partially sunk in the river just west of the city's famed sponge docks and outside the Rusty Bellies Waterfront Grill, where the restaurant's owner, Julie Russell, said they have been for almost three years. ...more

August 14, 2008