Crime News

Three people are facing criminal charges after allegedly staging a crash in Tampa.

Pinellas County deputies arrested a St. Petersburg man on lewd and lascivious exhibition charges following a five month long investigation.

Tampa police say they may have found a serial purse snatcher.

Tampa police are asking for your help in catching a serial purse snatcher. According to detectives, the man has struck four times since the middle of January. All of the crimes have occurred in the 4900 block of E. Busch Blvd.

It's the latest way to fight crime, says Hillsborough Detective Lisa Haber. Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay now has a Twitter page.

The elderly man accused of robbing three banks to pay his mortgage was released on his own recognisance this morning.

Terry James Williamson of Davenport is charged with 75 counts of possession of child pornography. Williamson told investigators he had also been coaching young girls in baton twirling.

Tampa Police need your help in identifying a serial purse snatcher responsible for four different robberies near the Big Lots parking lot on Busch Blvd.

Hernando County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man who allegedly threatened his father with a pair of bone-cutting scissors.

A Polk County judge sentenced 33-year-old Gary Michael Glisson Jr. and 23-year-old Eric Rodriguez on Wednesday. They had both been found guilty at separate trials of robbing and killing the former Haines City High School cheerleader.