He did it for drugs. That's what Alexander Dennis Piller, 20, told deputies Sunday night as they arrested him on charges of robbing a New Port Richey pizzeria he was fired from for being a no-show a couple days earlier, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 5, 2009

Peggy Sue Abbott's attorney advised her to take her first-degree murder charge to a jury. Two mental health counselors who have known her for years gave her the same advice. ...more

July 11, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The second woman charged with killing her 47-year-old boyfriend in what authorities called a ménage a trois gone bad pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today. ...more

July 10, 2008

It took a high-speed chase, four hours of tromping through underbrush and a lucky break, but a pair of suspected robbers were captured Monday. ...more

May 6, 2008

It took a high-speed chase, four hours of tromping through underbrush and a lucky break, but a pair of suspected robbers were captured Monday. ...more

May 5, 2008