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

January 7, 2009

Authorities are searching for a robber with a machete who held up a West Pasco Bank of America branch this morning. ...more

January 6, 2009

In March 2006, Pinellas County real estate agent Julie Roberts was pistol-whipped and robbed by a man posing as a perspective home buyer. Now her story is scheduled to air on the Biography Channel's "I Survived" program. ...more

January 5, 2009

The crime only took a minute. The man walked into the Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union in Lakeland on Nov. 20 and handed the teller a note demanding money. The teller complied, and the robber walked out. He hasn't been caught. ...more

December 31, 2008

Police are searching for a man who robbed a Dollar General store Monday night. ...more

December 30, 2008

Welcome to bank robbery in the modern age. No guns a blazing. No elaborately choreographed heists. No dramatic car chases or shootouts. ...more

December 30, 2008

A 32-year-old man is charged with robbery and trafficking in oxycodone after robbing a CVS Pharmacy in Oldsmar on Tuesday, authorities said. ...more

December 24, 2008

An armed man jumped out of a black sport utility vehicle Sunday morning and tried grabbing a bag a woman was carrying, thinking it was her purse, Hillsborough County deputies say. The bag contained only her lunch. And a water bottle. ...more

December 16, 2008

At about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, reports of shots being fired alerted Sebring police to an armed robbery at the L&M Food Store, located at 1411 Roseland Ave., in the Highlands Homes subdivision. ...more

December 11, 2008

A 22-year-old man was at the drive-up ATM Monday night when a car pulled up behind him and the driver walked up to his car and pointed a black revolver at his left shoulder, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. ...more

December 10, 2008