Public safety

SPRING HILL — Four days after a 9-month-old boy died when he was left in a hot car, investigators still are piecing together what happened — and the Hernando County Sheriff said it may be some time before they reach a conclusion."Unfortunately, we’re...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Investigators have recovered a body believed to be that of 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts, who disappeared from her small hometown in central Iowa one month ago, police said Tuesday. The body was discovered in rural Pow...

LUTZ — Esra Ceylani woke up to commotion early Tuesday thinking her mother-in-law was having a medical emergency, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.She was. Only, it wasn’t from the natural causes originally feared. She’d apparently been ...

The summer bucket list included reading more 20th century authors: Ernest Hemingway. Joseph Heller. Kurt Vonnegut. Check. Cops and criminals in the 21st century made plenty of appearances, too. Authors John Sanford and Ace Atkins are favorites.Check....

As soon as he saw officers flip on the emergency lights, he ditched his bicycle, kicked off his shoes and ran.But it didn’t take long for the Sarasota Police Department to catch up with Michael Peterson, even after he ran into a telephone pole, fell ...

ZEPHYRHILLS — Three people were killed and two children were seriously injured in a head-on collision that took place Sunday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The crash took place about 7 p.m. on County Road 54, west of Chantel Drive.Elv...

A crossing guard turned himself in to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, saying he was the person seen on video running over a gopher tortoise at an elementary school on Saturday. Robert Dantschisch, 48, saw surveillance video from the sheriff’s o...

Deputies are searching for a man who held up a convenience store with a shotgun while wearing a gas mask, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.On Friday at around 9 p.m., deputies say a man robbed the Beacon Square Grocery in Holiday. Durin...

A youth football coach in Manatee County faces drug charges following his arrest on Thursday.According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies pulled over Edgard Theliar, 29, at the 3100 block of 15th Street E around 4 p.m. after he ran a re...

Before detectives found it inside a car in Colorado, before a St. Petersburg surveillance camera captured it hanging from Christie New’s neck hours before she was gravely wounded, before it was salvaged from the bottom of the ocean, police believe th...