The deputy was arrested Tuesday in connection with a separate incident that occurred in St. Petersburg.
A deputy arrested in St. Pete faces multiple charges, including armed kidnapping and aggravated assault, the Hillsborough sheriff said.
Detectives determined that arson is the cause of a fire that killed an 18-year-old and are asking the public for tips, St. Pete police said.
An 18-year-old woman died and a 35-year-old woman remains hospitalized after a suspicious St. Pete house fire, police said.
A Largo man died in a single-vehicle I-275 crash after he lost control of his truck, which hit a pole and caught fire, FL troopers said.
The teen's mother and 17-year-old sibling were injured, but a 10-year-old sibling was not hurt, WFLA reported.
For unknown reasons, the driver lost control of his vehicle and struck a traffic sign support pole on the shoulder of the highway.
A 66-year-old St. Petersburg woman died in a crash at a busy intersection, police said.
A St. Pete man was charged with animal cruelty after attacking and killing his 7-year-old chihuahua, Sheba, Pinellas County deputies said.
The officer’s police duty belt, which contained his gun, Taser and ammunition, was found behind a Pasco County dumpster, officials said.
Two St. Petersburg men were charged with organized retail theft after a years-long investigation, FL officials said.
A van was fully submerged in the Intracoastal Waterway and carried by the outgoing tide, St. Pete Beach officials said.
A St. Petersburg man was arrested for shining a laser light at an airborne Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, the agency said.
A woman and a teenager are being treated at a local hospital after being shot in south St. Petersburg, police said.
A St. Pete man whose federal prison sentence was commuted by Biden was arrested on new charges, the FL attorney general said.
An officer who shared protected information with a suspect was found guilty of two department violations, St. Pete police said.
Her daughter was also injured when trying to stop her mother from stabbing her boyfriend at a Pinellas Park home, reports said.
A woman died after crashing her car into a tree in the parking lot of a St. Pete CVS, police said.
Two people were charged with attempted murder in the shooting of an 18-year-old outside a St. Pete apartment complex, police said.
A St. Petersburg police officer on parental leave was arrested for the battery of his wife, according to Pinellas County court records.
After 46 years, a TN man was identified as the ‘John Doe’ who was fatally shot at a St. Petersburg motel in 1980, police said.
A man was hospitalized with serious injuries after being shot in the head, St. Pete police said.
A St. Petersburg man died at the hospital after being hit by a car while crossing 4th Street South, police said.
A former teacher pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges after thinking he was meeting up with a 9-year-old girl, the U.S. DOJ said
Investigators are looking for two men in a Nov. 1 attack on a group walking on Central Avenue, St. Pete police said.
Two suspects — one still at large — stole $45,000 worth of jewelry from a store in the Old Northeast, St. Pete police said.
A St. Pete man died after being hit by a Jeep while crossing 22nd Avenue S., police said.
A 21-year-old man accused of raping and choking a woman he met on a social media app was arrested in IL, St. Pete police said.
Detectives are looking into the death of a man whose body was found in Boca Ciega Bay in St. Pete, reports said.
A corrections deputy was arrested and fired after punching a hospitalized inmate, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said.
An owner of Lala, a restaurant and karaoke lounge, was arrested on 18 counts of child porn possession, St. Pete police said.
A mother was charged with murder for suffocating her 4-year-old son at their home, St. Petersburg police said.
Officers are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 4-year-old boy at a St. Petersburg home, reports said.
In 2025, St. Petersburg saw the lowest number of homicides since 1967, police said.
Surveillance footage showed the employee hitting a non-verbal autistic child and throwing them into furniture, the Pinellas sheriff said.
A 20-year-old Indian Shores man and his girlfriend, a 20-year-old PA woman, were found dead in a car parked at an OH university.
A financial advisor from St. Petersburg pleaded guilty to masterminding a $380M Ponzi scheme in GA, the largest in state history, DOJ said.
The other suspect in a Jan. 5 armed robbery of a St. Pete CVS was arrested Jan. 6 in Hillsborough County, police said.
A GA man died after crashing into a construction truck in a closed work zone on I-275 along the Howard Frankland Bridge, FL troopers said.
A crew member aboard a fishing vessel reported a fisherman missing in waters off Anclote, the U.S. Coast Guard said.