A 54-year-old caregiver was arrested Thursday, accused of bilking a 63-year-old disabled client of $1,600. ...more

October 10, 2009

A grand jury is calling it murder. David McBurnett Jr., 19, was indicted for first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, Hunter Morris. The child, who suffered internal bleeding, a rib fracture and "numerous contusions," died in the hospital on Sept. 12. ...more

October 3, 2009

A mother and son are dead and a third person is injured after a home invasion in Palmetto late Thursday night. ...more

October 2, 2009

Pasco deputies are investigating two unrelated shootings that occurred early Thursday. ...more

October 2, 2009

AA 52-year-old female pedestrian was struck and killed by a Nissan Altima about 6:30 a.m. today in the 1200 block of West Waters Avenue, Tampa police said. The vehicle's driver, 69-year-old Carlos Alquizar of Lutz, will not be cited, police said. Debbie Gower, 52, of Tampa, was struck while walking northbound across Waters Avenue. She was not at a crosswalk, police say. ...more

September 29, 2009

Polk County sheriff's deputies have accused a Winter Haven man of having images of child pornography on his iPod. ...more

September 27, 2009

The case cries out for undercover work. Police are investigating an unusual rash of beach blanket thefts - 17 since Sept. 3 - and have arrested one suspect. ...more

September 26, 2009

Police are investigating an unusual rash of beach blanket thefts – 17 since Sept. 3 – and have arrested one suspect. ...more

September 25, 2009

A vehicle chase into Sebring Monday afternoon ended with a man's arrest on drug trafficking and ammunition charges. ...more

September 23, 2009

A 29-year-old man was arrested Thursday, accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in Griffin Park last month. ...more

September 19, 2009