John Hammerberg drives past a house on a dark street off Nebraska Avenue. He notices the house lights are on. ...more

September 23, 2008

John Hammerberg drives past a house on a dark street off Nebraska Avenue. He notices that the house lights are on. Hammerberg, the chief theft investigator for Tampa Electric Co. suspects a crime is under way and returns a few minutes later with two Tampa police officers. Hammerberg is pretty sure the property owner is stealing electricity. Power to the home was cut off in May. ...more

September 22, 2008

Around the 3100 block of North Highland Avenue, a Tampa Police officer found six poles today where copper ground wires were stripped. ...more

September 18, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is investigating apparent burglaries to the concession stands serving the Wesley Chapel District Park on Boyette Road. ...more

September 16, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - Claude DuPont has sold scrap metal for a Sarasota company for 25 years, hauling the wire around for the past few years with his dog Snoopy by his side in the truck. ...more

September 10, 2008

James Conroy tipped over about four portable toilets at a construction site, trying to catch a man he thought had hidden in one after breaking into a truck. Conroy's hunch was right. ...more

September 2, 2008

TAMPA – A man is in stable condition this morning after being shot trying to stop thieves from stealing his bicycles, police said. ...more

August 26, 2008

SARASOTA - Derek Krzypkowski got a surprise when he showed up for work Sunday morning at the Lox 'n Egg Bread Company: A window was smashed open and the ATM was missing. ...more

August 5, 2008

A 17-year-old was shot early this morning as he tried to run away from two masked men trying to rob him and another teen, Clearwater police say. ...more

August 5, 2008

The bull is back at Bloomingdale High School. Deputies recovered the 400-pound bronze bovine statue about 7 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a call from a tipster, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said. Valued at $8,000, the mascot was taken Monday night or Tuesday morning after thieves dislodged it from its concrete base. ...more

July 31, 2008