A 47-year-old woman was struck by a CSX train and killed this afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Deborah Sweat and a 22-year-old female friend, both from Dover, were walking on the railroad track at 2 p.m. when a train approached at 60 mph, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

March 15, 2010

Hillsborough County deputies are investigating a rash of spray-painted graffiti on about 20 houses in the Valrico area. ...more

February 28, 2010

Authorities today identified a husband and wife killed in a murder-suicide as Malik Shamsher, 50, and Erum Malik, 44. ...more

February 26, 2010

Two children were home Thursday morning when their father shot their mother and himself, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 26, 2010

Send in the clowns. Then the police. A teen wearing a clown mask with bright red-orange hair was arrested Tuesday, charged with the rarely reported offense of wearing a mask or hood on a public road and the more common crime of obstructing or resisting an officer without violence. ...more

February 25, 2010

A man arrested for practicing dentistry without a license signed an agreement with the state about a year ago saying he would "cease and desist" from continuing to practice dentistry, the Florida Department of Health said in a statement. ...more

February 25, 2010

A dentist practicing without a license for 10 years was arrested Tuesday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 23, 2010

Minutes before he killed a young woman, Andre Watkins jumped in Geovanni Suarez's truck, pulled out a gun "and told me he was sorry for what I have to witness," Suarez said Tuesday. ...more

February 17, 2010

His way of fighting crime still ripples through the county. In his 14 years as sheriff of Hillsborough County, Walter C. Heinrich was known as an innovator who shaped much of the agency's policies and programs for the modern era. His mark is everywhere: from how deputies are hired and evaluated to how they're trained at the sprawling 270-acre site in Lithia that bears his name. Regarded by many as a towering figure in local law enforcement, Heinrich died this morning. He was 83. ...more

February 15, 2010

Between June and August 2008, Andres Barreto received $90,000 in cash and $22,999 by check from his victim, Christian Acosta of Wesley Chapel, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

February 12, 2010