Bradenton police

Bradenton police spokesman Brian Thiers said in a news conference that detectives took Lillian Parks into protective custody Sunday for an evaluation and medical treatment.

When a homeless man approached Ryan Bray with a plea for money, the Bradenton resident didn’t hand over cash or coins. Instead, he presented the homeless man with a job offer: $15 an hour to do yard work.

Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan announced the probe of former sergeant Leonel Marines to reassure victims that they can trust the police.

Alleny Carbone’s father says he was told Monday that the girl was on suicide watch when she apparently hanged herself the previous night at the lockup in Bradenton.

A missing child alert has been canceled after a 10-year-old Tampa-area girl was reported missing earlier this week.

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying and finding a man who dropped off a burrito with a heroin-filled syringe inside to a Bradenton hospital.

Police have charged a Bradenton mother with abuse of a dead body in the case surrounding the presumed death of her missing 11-year-old daughter Janiya Thomas.

The state Department of Children and Families is conducting a review in how it handled the life and death of 11-year-old Janiya Thomas.

The body of an 11-year-old girl who had apparently been missing for more than a year – though authorities say no one reported her disappearance or questioned her whereabouts – was found in a freezer that her mother left at the home of some family members, police said Monday.

Two people are under arrest in connection with a deadly Tampa-area home invasion in which two adults were gunned down while their five children were present in the home. According to police, a third suspect is still at-large.

“Avatar” star Sam Worthington was charged with assault Sunday in Greenwich Village after allegedly punching a photographer in the face, police say.

Expect more scattered thunderstorms Saturday afternoon.

A 92-year-old World War II veteran made an emergency landing Monday in a residential area of Bradenton, Florida – roughly 30 miles south of Tampa along Florida’s Gulf coast.