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One of the defendants after a robbery on March 30, 2021 in Zephyrhills.
Men impersonated cops while robbing Tampa Bay area drug dealers, feds say
Authorities said they dressed up like law enforcement and robbed people for narcotics in four counties.
Boyfriend details Clearwater fight with dad where girlfriend was fatally stabbed
Kyle Peter and Sidney Green, both 22, were together for more than four years after meeting in high school. This photo was taken just hours before Green's death on Sunday at the JC Penny in Tyrone Square Mall.
Police say Sidney Green was stabbed by her father when she attempted to break up a fight between him and her boyfriend.
Florida death row inmates promised more humane treatment after lawsuit settlement
Two corrections officers walk past cells on death row at Union Correctional Institution.
Some 300 condemned Florida prisoners live in for years “permanent solitary confinement.” An agreement with prison officials vows more humane conditions.
Hernando woman shot dogs in their legs with BB gun, deputies say
This photo from the Facebook page of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office shows one of the dogs a Spring Hill woman is accused of shooting multiple times with a BB gun. The woman eventually surrendered two of her three dogs, and X-rays of the two showed a combined 173 projectiles in their legs, heads and torsos.
The 37-year-old woman eventually surrendered two dogs, and an exam found 173 projectiles in their legs, heads and torsos.

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  1. Buffalo shooter’s prior threat, hospital stay face scrutiny
    3 minutes ago• Nation & World
    Police walk outside the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. on Sunday. A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at the supermarket, killing and wounding people in what authorities described as “racially motivated violent extremism.”
  2. Florida death row inmates promised more humane treatment after lawsuit settlement
    1 hour ago• Florida
    Two corrections officers walk past cells on death row at Union Correctional Institution.
  3. ‘Hero’ guard, church deacon among Buffalo shooting victims
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Worshippers impacted by the shooting at a Buffalo supermarket pray at True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo on Sunday. Among those killed by the gunman was security guard Aaron Salter, a retired Buffalo police officer who fired multiple times at the attacker, striking his armor-plated vest at least once. The bullet didn’t pierce, and Salter was shot.
  5. Supermarket shooter sought Black neighborhood, official says
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Flowers and candles lay outside the scene of a shooting at a Tops supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday. Shoppers out on a weekend afternoon and a retired police officer working as a security guard were among the 10 shot and killed, authorities said.
  6. Largo man arrested on animal cruelty, child neglect charges; 33 dogs seized
    Yesterday• News
    These three pit bull terrier puppies were among more than 30 dogs seized from a property off 119th Street North in unincorporated Largo on Saturday, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Terrell Coley, 38, was arrested on multiple counts of animal cruelty and two counts of child neglect.
  7. ‘White supremacist’ kills 10 in Buffalo shooting attack
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    People hug outside the scene after a shooting Saturday at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket that killed 10 people. Authorities described the attack as “racially motivated violent extremism.”
  8. 2 dead in ‘apparent murder-suicide’ in Tampa apartment, police say
    May 13• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  9. Boyfriend details Clearwater fight with dad where girlfriend was fatally stabbed
    May 13• Clearwater
    Kyle Peter and Sidney Green, both 22, were together for more than four years after meeting in high school. This photo was taken just hours before Green's death on Sunday at the JC Penny in Tyrone Square Mall.
  10. Men impersonated cops while robbing Tampa Bay area drug dealers, feds say
    May 13• Breaking News
    One of the defendants after a robbery on March 30, 2021 in Zephyrhills.
  11. Hernando woman shot dogs in their legs with BB gun, deputies say
    May 13• Crime
    This photo from the Facebook page of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office shows one of the dogs a Spring Hill woman is accused of shooting multiple times with a BB gun. The woman eventually surrendered two of her three dogs, and X-rays of the two showed a combined 173 projectiles in their legs, heads and torsos.
  12. Polk toddler weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces at death. Couple charged with felony child neglect
    May 12• Crime
    Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd uses toy blocks to compare the weight of a nearly 3-year-old toddler who died in Davenport, at left, to the weight of a typical child her age, at right. A Davenport couple were arrested and charged with child neglect in the death of the toddler, who weighed 9.5 pounds. An average child her age would weigh 32 pounds.
  13. Reckless driver in Florida said arrest was on her bucket list, deputy says
    May 12• Crime
    A 19-year-old South Florida woman who fled from law enforcement in the Florida Keys on Thursday told the deputy who caught up to her that getting arrested was on her “bucket list.”
  14. 2 men stole $66K worth of handbags from Tampa boutique, search warrant says
    May 12• Tampa
    Two men stole over $66,000 in handbags from Couture Designer Resale Boutique in Westchase, according to a search warrant.
  15. Central Florida man pleads guilty to role in Capitol riot
    May 11• Crime
    A central Florida man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge related to storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection.
  16. Cameron Herrin’s 24-year sentence in Bayshore deaths argued in appellate court
    May 11• Tampa
    Cameron Herrin reacts the moment he hears his sentence — 24 years in prison — at the conclusion of his sentencing hearing in April 2021 in Hillsborough County. He is appealing the sentence.
  17. St. Petersburg rapper Rod Wave choked ex-girlfriend while kids in house, arrest affidavit says
    May 11• Breaking News
    St. Petersburg rapper Rod Wave, also known as Rodarius Marcell Green, has been accused of choking an ex-girlfriend, according to his arrest affidavit.
  18. How a retired postal worker helped bring down a Tampa mob illegal lottery
    May 11• History
    With the help of a retired postal worker, in 1958, the Hillsborough County Vice Squad broke up the largest bolita ring in Tampa Bay at the time.
  19. Tampa officer, Pinellas deputy shoot, kill man during robbery investigation
    May 11• Crime
    A man was killed Tuesday after two members of the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force — a Tampa Police Department officer and a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputy — shot him while searching a home in Carrollwood, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister.
  20. Rappers Young Thug, Gunna arrested on racketeering charges
    May 11• Crime
    In this Aug. 1, 2021, photo, Young Thug performs on day four of the Lollapalooza Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago. The Atlanta rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state's RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records.
  21. Escaped inmate, jailer were heavily armed, prepared for a shootout, sheriff says
    May 10• Crime
    Vandenburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding, right, refers to a photograph during a press conference in Evansville, Indiana, Tuesday, about the capture of fugitives Casey White and Vicky White.
  22. Celebrity chef Mario Batali acquitted of sexual misconduct
    May 10• Nation & World
    Celebrity chef Mario Batali listens at Boston Municipal Court during trial this week. A judge acquitted him on Tuesday.
  23. Mother of slain Temple Terrace girl, 14, pleads: Come forward with information
    May 10• Tampa
    Ashley Alexander pauses while speaking about her 14-year-old daughter Nilexia B. Alexander, who was found dead on Friday, during a news conference at the Tampa Police Department headquarters in downtown Tampa on Tuesday.
  24. No charges for Mike Tyson for punching passenger on flight to Florida
    May 10• Nation & World
    Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson, shown in this 2014 file photo, after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger
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