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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— A student at Spoto High School was arrested after bringing a firearm to school, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced. School administrators and an HCSO school resource deputy made contact with the student on Tuesday around 11:15 a.m. after receiving a tip that they had a firearm on...

LAKELAND, Fla. – A north Lakeland man’s short walk with his cat on October 6th turned into an unusual burglary after a thief swapped his own bicycle for the victim’s $5,000 model. The incident occurred near Socrum Loop Road when the victim briefly left his garage door...

LAKE WALES, Fla. – A quick-thinking customer and the paper trail from a scrap yard helped Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) detectives crack a Lake Wales business burglary case within hours, leading to the arrest of a local man. The investigation began on the morning of October 14th...

Tampa Bay's Local 754 firefighters spent Saturday at Friendly City Laundry, washing clothes at no cost for hundreds of families in need. The crew worked through piles of laundry alongside staff members. They washed, dried, and neatly stacked clean clothes as part of their work with the Laundry Project. With prices...

If you're speeding through Hillsborough County school zones, you may want to think twice. Within three weeks, thousands of notices have been sent out to drivers caught putting the petal to the metal. This comes after the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and Board of County Commissioners partnered to launch...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Spoto High School student Tuesday for allegedly bringing a firearm to school. At 11:15 a.m. on Oct. 14, school administrators and an Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office School Resource deputy detained a 16-year-old after receiving a tip that...

A new lawsuit accuses the Polk County Sheriff’s Office of a “pattern, policy, practice and custom, of failing to adequately train and supervise its officers resulting in the deprivation of minors’ constitutional rights.”

DAVENPORT, Fla. – A 19-year-old Davenport man already on felony probation was taken into custody Monday morning after deputies responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a community clubhouse in Palm Key Village. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies were dispatched to the clubhouse on...

A man nicknamed the "Deacon of Death" was executed Tuesday evening, nearly 30 years after committing two murders in Plant City.

According to court records, Smithers met Christy Cowan and Denise Roach on different dates in May 1996 at a Tampa motel.