Three people have been arrested this week on charges they enlisted men at a soup kitchen to cash fake checks at a store, St. Petersburg police say. The checks were made out to the soup kitchen patrons, as if they were the legitimate employees of a plumbing company, police say. ...more

March 26, 2009

A 50-year-old inmate who was in the medical building at the Pinellas County Jail died this morning, and authorities have launched an investigation to try to determine how. ...more

March 24, 2009

A second suspect in a home invasion last week has surrendered, Clearwater police said. ...more

March 23, 2009

A Lakeland man accused of videotaping himself inappropriately touching an 8-year-old girl faces additional charges today. ...more

March 20, 2009

A Lakeland man was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning on charges he videotaped himself inappropriately touching an 8-year-old girl. ...more

March 19, 2009

The manager of a beauty supply store was arrested Tuesday evening on charges he was selling counterfeit DVDs and CDs, St. Petersburg police said. Sami Suleiman, 38, was charged with counterfeiting private labels. ...more

March 18, 2009

A guitar-swinging melee sent three people to the hospital and one of them to jail, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 14, 2009

A Tampa man was arrested Wednesday night after refusing to pull over and sideswiping two vehicles, including a deputy's patrol car, as he drove from Hillsborough to Pinellas County, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 12, 2009

Christy Lynn Martin may have made bail this weekend after she was arrested on charges she sent pornographic pictures of herself to a 14-year-old boy's cell phone. But now the Azalea Middle School teacher has no place to live. ...more

March 9, 2009

A Largo man now faces a third charge of pretending to be a police officer and luring a woman into his car to perform sex acts. ...more

March 9, 2009