Crime and Courts

The Tampa Tribune / TBO.com Crime & Courts St. Petersburg police expressed frustration on the first morning of the new year as five men were arrested, a girl was wounded and a police cruiser suffered damage in separate incidents involving celebratory gunfire early Friday morning. All those incidents transpired just hours after police posted a…

Tensions had been brewing for several days inside the home at 1924 Sheffield Court in Oldsmar, according to Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Elizabeth Brady. Christian Jose Gomez, 23, was jealous of his older brother, Mario Gomez, because he felt their mother, Maria Suarez-Cassagne, 48, was giving him more attention, said Brady, Then Suarez-Cassagne began…

TAMPA — Sammy Mansour says the first time he found out his used car business was being linked to an international money laundering scheme for Hezbollah was through the media. That was about 18 months ago. “It ruined our lives,” says Mansour, sitting with his wife, Sylvia, last week in the lobby of the Marriott…

TAMPA – The 2-year-old girl was supposed to be in her crib, police say, but when her mother passed out Sunday night after mixing prescription medication with alcohol, she climbed out and toddled over to the balcony where her mother was sleeping it off. Tiffany Nicole Garland The child was on the balcony at least…