Scott Laughlin pulled a firearm on Wilmer Orengo on Sunday evening because Orengo's dog defecated on his yard, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Laughlin, 57, of Riverview, on Sunday. He was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. ...more

January 5, 2009

A Dover home was used to grow 144 marijuana plants, Hillsborough County deputies say. On Tuesday afternoon at 14607 Walden Sheffield Road, deputies found the plants being cultivated within a garage. The garage was equipped with marijuana grow equipment and powered by unmetered electricity, according to deputies. ...more

December 10, 2008

Two Tampa residents treated dogs so poorly that the animals looked skeletal, investigators say. ...more

December 1, 2008

Manatee County sheriff's deputies are looking for a Mississippi man who they say is connected to the disappearance Sunday of a Port Charlotte woman. ...more

September 7, 2008