A Temple Terrace customer says a salon owner yanked her hair during a disputed $50 weave appointment; criminal charges were filed and medical records allege lasting damage.

Seventeen graves at Palmetto’s Old Memphis Cemetery were vandalized; deputies have opened an investigation and are asking the public for tips and any footage.

Attorney General James Uthmeier and Sheriff Chad Chronister will brief reporters Wednesday morning at the Falkenburg Road Jail about a multi‑county truck‑theft probe. Officials may announce arrests, subpoenas or new charges.

Court records say two victims came forward and a Bradenton man now faces charges for alleged childhood molestation nearly a decade ago.

FLHSMV says the Criminal Alien Apprehension Team booked a Cuban national with a final order from May 1998 and an alleged 116 felony convictions, including narcotics and fraud.

A federal jury found a Tampa man guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a 2022 Coleman prison shank killing. He faces up to 13 years in federal prison.

An 80-year-old Tampa man died after his Chevrolet Silverado ran off State Road 60 west of Kelsey Lane and crashed into a ditch, troopers said.

An early-Tuesday residential fire in Venice drew a heavy emergency response and a public advisory to avoid the Brentwood Drive area.

A deadly overnight multi‑vehicle crash closed southbound I‑75 at mile marker 326 in Wildwood, Sumter County, causing major delays as troopers investigate.

Two manufactured homes burned on Munson Avenue in Dover; downed power line and threatened propane tanks complicated the response. No injuries were reported and investigators are on scene.

A child found unresponsive in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood later died at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Police are investigating and asking anyone with information to call 941‑263‑6070.

A pedestrian was struck and later died after a collision at 49th Street North and 62nd Avenue North in St. Petersburg; police are investigating.

An overnight mobile home fire in Largo killed two people and injured a third. Investigators say the cause remains under review.