Nineteen defendants pleaded guilty in a sprawling Central Florida check‑fraud scheme tied to the "Trap Boys" gang, prosecutors say.

Hillsborough detectives named Omar Gonzalez, 22, in a Warrant Wednesday post, saying he is wanted on multiple battery and criminal mischief counts.

A Port Charlotte woman pleaded not guilty after a hit‑and‑run that killed a 17‑year‑old e‑bike rider; investigators say she briefly stopped before driving away.

Auburndale deputies arrested a 53‑year‑old after he allegedly pointed a gun at them while they knocked to serve a warrant, the sheriff says. The suspect faces multiple felony counts.

Polk County deputies say a 20-year-old Lakeland man pointed a gun at a family on U.S. 92; he surrendered and was booked on aggravated assault counts.

A Tampa man admitted he doused another man with gasoline and set him on fire at a north Tampa gas station; he was sentenced to 40 years and a decade of probation.

Surveillance video shows two men smashing windows and ripping landscaping lights at the Residences at 400 Central, causing about $96,000 in damage.

A wiretap probe in Pinellas County led to arrests and a roughly 132‑pound cocaine seizure; Sheriff Bob Gualtieri called it the county’s largest bust in decades.

A welfare check in Crystal River uncovered dead puppies and decomposed dogs inside a home. A local breeder was arrested and surviving dogs are in urgent care.

A driver accidentally accelerated into the New Port Richey Social Security office on Tuesday, injuring a passenger and damaging the building's front.

North Port police are investigating a death at Grande Court Apartments on Greenwood Avenue; authorities say there is no threat to the public.

HCSO posted surveillance stills after two juveniles allegedly burglarized cars in the Indigo Creek neighborhood of Apollo Beach. Deputies are asking the public for tips.

Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing two Seminole County marijuana-farm workers of smuggling unregistered pesticides from Hong Kong; EPA and Homeland Security investigators joined the probe.