Charges against a Lakeland man are expected to be upgraded to first-degree murder after a man he is accused of setting on fire died Saturday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 15, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A man was charged with trying to burn down a neighbor's home early Saturday after witnesses spotted him leaving the burning home, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

June 14, 2008

A Lakeland man will be charged with first degree murder later today after the man he torched died early this morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA - A 22-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm and second-degree arson in March 2007 will get a new trial, according to an opinion handed down today by the 2nd District Court of Appeals. ...more

June 11, 2008

A 24-year-old Publix employee ignited a toilet paper roll during work hours and did minor damage to the store, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. ...more

January 31, 2008

SEBRING — Two Sebring men remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Friday, charged in connection with stalking an ex-girlfriend of the older suspect and trying to burn her new boyfriend's motorcycle using a Molotov cocktail. ...more

December 21, 2007

TAMPA - A Brandon woman set a chair and a box of garbage on fire inside a Valrico home she knew was occupied, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 18, 2007

A 22-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with the firebombing of several homes last month, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 2, 2007

A 22-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with the firebombing of several homes last month, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. John Anthony White of 3504 Springfield Drive was arrested Friday by sheriff's deputies. He faces three counts of first-degree arson, use of a fire bomb and burglary. ...more

December 1, 2007

The man who investigators say abducted and killed a Seffner woman and left her body in a burning stolen van has been brought back to Hillsborough County from a holding cell in the Panhandle. ...more

October 4, 2007