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A substitute teacher in Hillsborough County is behind bars after authorities said he tried to start a fight with a 14-year-old boy on Tuesday. Benjamin Barnes, 26, is facing a battery charge after the incident that happened at 9:35 a.m. at Webb Middle School. The Hillsborough County Sheriff Office said Barnes “got into a verbal altercation with a 14-year-old male…

A substitute teacher in Hillsborough County is behind bars after authorities said he tried to start a fight with a 14-year-old boy on Tuesday.

Cellphone video captured a road rage incident in Hillsborough County between two people where a driver fired a flare gun at a man armed with a baseball bat.

Leonard Cako, 47, was charged with burglary of a conveyance with assault or battery, aggravated assault involving a victim over 65, and criminal mischief over $1,000

A woman was killed when the ambulance she was in barged through an intersection on Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).

More than two years after challenging his suspension by Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren hit a legal dead end Friday.

Two Florida deputies shot and killed an armed suspect after he pointed a firearm at them on Saturday night, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released the body-worn camera footage of a shooting that occurred on Saturday.

Three kayakers were rescued after becoming stranded on the Hillsborough River on Sunday.

Three kayakers were rescued after becoming stranded on the Hillsborough River on Sunday.

An assistant principal and teacher from a middle school in Tampa were arrested after shocking video captured the teacher putting a student in a chokehold.

A Tampa teacher was caught on camera putting a child in chokehold, leading to the arrests of the teacher and an assistant principal, who is accused of not reporting the incident.

Ten people have been arrested for taking part in a “coordinated street takeover event” at a Tampa intersection on Saturday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

New aerial video shows the “coordinated street takeover event” at a Florida intersection moments before police broke it up and arrested 10 people on Saturday night.

A man and a woman were followed home, robbed and shot after winning a casino jackpot at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. 

Four men are facing federal charges after a University of South Florida student was found dead in his dorm room from an accidental fentanyl overdose, according to authorities.

Federal officials announced Thursday the arrests of four people in connection to a University of South Florida student who died from a fentanyl overdose.

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Deputies rescued a 5-year-old girl with autism on Monday after she wandered away from her Florida home into wooded area.