Hillsborough County

A Florida prosecutor is vowing to fight his suspension from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis over his promise not to enforce the state’s 15-week abortion ban and support for gender transition treatments for minors. Democrat Andrew Warren said in a Facebook video message and news release Sunday he plans a “vigorous defense” by his legal team but did not give...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended a state attorney who had vowed to not enforce the state’s new 15-week abortion law. DeSantis announced the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren at a news conference Thursday morning.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren at a news conference Thursday morning.

The 10-year-old was taken into custody in Lee County after allegedly making the threats toward his school.

Deputies in two Florida counties are investigating separate alleged school shooting threats involving a teenager and a 10-year-old student.

Teachers end up being in the front lines of danger during school incidents. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

Dramatic bodycam video showed the moments where deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office saved a young child from a massive house fire near Tampa. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports the fire broke out just before 11 p.m. Thursday in Seffner, with about 75 percent of the home along with a detached garage in flames. Deputy Kevin Reich and Deputy Alexander…

Officials say a 64-year-old Florida man whose wife and stepdaughter were terminally ill fatally shot the women and then called 911 before killing himself. The Hillsborough County sheriff said Thomas Schultz told a dispatcher Wednesday morning that the family was “in an impossible situation with no way out.” A neighbor said Schultz told him that caring for both women had...

A Florida man already accused of child sexual abuse now faces new charges after victims came forward from as far back as 1972. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that 62-year-old Thomas Lair is facing a total of 15 counts of molestation and sexual battery. Authorities say most of the victims were between 6 and 9…

Sheriff’s officials say a crisis hotline counselor in Florida sent explicit material to a teenager who called asking for help

The crash happened in the town of Lithia, when a 59-year-old driver struck a gator sitting in the roadway

A Florida Dunkin’ employee pleaded guilty to felony battery for fatally punching a customer who repeatedly called him a racial slur

A worker driving a street sweeper in the parking lot of a Florida supermarket has died after a crash sent him flying out of the sweeper truck into its path as it kept moving forward, running over him, authorities said Saturday. The Florida Highway Patrol said the 57-year-old man was not wearing a seatbelt. The agency said the driver of…

According to the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office, the two deputies involved were in a romantic relationship and were heard arguing by other deputies on vacation with them prior to the gunshots.

The bodies of two Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies were discovered Saturday at a vacation rental home in St. Augustine. Both had fatal gunshot wounds. According to the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office, the two deputies involved were in a romantic relationship and were heard arguing by other deputies on vacation with them prior to the gunshots. The preliminary investigation shows that...

A sheriff’s deputy has fatally shot an 88-year-old man while doing a welfare check at his home

Police say a Florida man has been charged with killing a Pennsylvania woman after her dismembered body was found dumped in a bay

A homeowner in the Tampa area is facing the ultimate unwanted holiday gift: a possible fine from his homeowner’s association for putting Christmas lights on his home too soon. Michael Moffa told NBC affiliate WFLA-TV the company he hired to put the lights up at his home in the Westchase community installed them on November 6th. “That was their...

Investigators are asking Uber for records as they investigate the theft of more than $700,000 from an 82-year-old Florida woman who apparently fell for a “grandparent scam.”