St. Petersburg police accuse man of suffocating woman
Times staff Sunday, April 22, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — A woman was killed and a St. Petersburg man charged with first-degree murder Sunday morning in what police said was an attempted...
View ArticleTampa police: Teen pours gas on mom's empty bed, destroys house in fire
By Stephanie Wang, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 22, 2012 TAMPA — A Tampa man poured gasoline over his mother's empty bed and lit it on fire, destroying his family's home early Sunday, according to...
View ArticleDay after being shot as he slept, Tampa teen out of hospital
Times staff Sunday, April 22, 2012 TAMPA — One day after a 14-year-old boy was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital with three gunshot wounds, friends say he is out and acting "like normal, like...
View ArticleInterstate 275 in Tampa will get wider bridges to ward off traffic snarls,...
By Rich Shopes, Times Correspondent Sunday, April 22, 2012 TAMPA — As part of a push to boost highway safety, workers will break ground this summer on a two-year project to widen every bridge on...
View ArticlePolitiFact Florida: Fact-checking a TV ad on gas prices
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 22, 2012 Gas prices are fueling a drag race of political ads on Florida television. In one lane, it's spiking gas prices under President Barack...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays defeat Minnesota Twins 6-2
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 22, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Sacrifice flies are far from flashy, and they won't make many SportsCenter highlight reels.But they score runs, and they were...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg police say sexual battery caught on 911 call
By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 22, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — A woman called 911 for help Saturday and while she was on the line, the dispatcher could hear as a man sexually battered and...
View ArticleSexual battery caught on 911 call, St. Petersburg police say
By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 22, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — A woman called 911 for help Saturday and while she was on the line, the dispatcher could hear as a man sexually battered and...
View ArticlePinellas County may seek another EMS tax increase
By Anne Lindberg, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 22, 2012 A little more than six months after commissioners hiked the emergency medical services tax rate by 46 percent, Pinellas County Administrator...
View ArticlePasco County Sheriff's Office nonemergency phone number out of order
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 23, 2012 A nonemergency Pasco County Sheriff's Office phone line is out of service, officials said early Monday.It was not immediately clear how long...
View ArticleCoast Guard searching for three missing boaters off Hernando County
Times staff Monday, April 23, 2012 HERNANDO BEACH — The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday morning was searching for three missing boaters from Hernando County.The agency was notified about the missing trio...
View ArticleThree boaters feared missing off Hernando County located
Times staff Monday, April 23, 2012 HERNANDO BEACH — After a miscommunication, a brief search for three boaters presumed missing ended Monday morning after they were determined to be safe and not in...
View ArticleCool, dry start to week after weekend of storms
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 23, 2012 We won't be seeing snow or freezing rain, but the same storm system threatening the Northeast with a shock of winter will bring strong winds...
View ArticleKriseman won't run for state House again, but not ruling out bid for St. Pete...
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 23, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Citing fatigue with a brand of politics in the Legislature that he says has left him feeling powerless, state Rep....
View ArticlePinellas deputies' 'Wolf Pack' makes DUI arrests
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 23, 2012 Pinellas County deputies issued 14 charges and 19 citations, according to Sheriff's Office reports, as part of a roving countywide effort...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg man charged with murder wanted to end wife's suffering from...
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 23, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Police say Albert F. Crandall suffocated his wife with a pillow. But the husband said he did it to help his wife, Judith...
View ArticleFormer lawmaker Mandy Dawson pleads guilty to tax-evasion charges
By Jay Weaver, Miami Herald Monday, April 23, 2012 Former Fort Lauderdale legislator Mandy Dawson, who became entangled in a U.S. Justice Department probe into "pay-to-play politics" in the state's...
View ArticleWoman's death under investigation after wreck in Brooksville
Times staff Monday, April 23, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — A woman died Sunday morning after her car struck a tree in front of the Applebee's restaurant on Cortez Boulevard.Nancy Garcia, 52, of 24390 Kaufman...
View ArticleBoys accused of $10,000 damage in school vandalism in Winter Haven
Times staff Monday, April 23, 2012 Three boys face serious charges after a weekend break-in at an elementary school in Winter Haven resulted in around $10,000 worth of damage and vandalism.A teacher...
View ArticleAudrey Mabrey, Cindy Roberts speak in Tampa for National Crime Victims'...
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 23, 2012 TAMPACindy Roberts doesn't like the word "victim."It conjures up images of someone who's weak and defenseless, she said."We're not...
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