No, not Lisa Marie Presley.

Lisa Marie Pressley.

Pressley, 42, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and burglary of an occupied structure.

She remained in…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-06-23T12:02:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/lakeland-police-seek-bank-robbery-suspect/
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Police are seeking this suspect involved in a bank robbery 11 a.m. today at a Bank of America in Lakeland.

The suspect didn’t have a weapon, Lakeland police say. He passed a note demanding money and left…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-05-06T19:21:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/polk-county-deputies-seek-beer-chip-candy-bar-thieves/
Photos courtesy of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office

Polk County deputies are seeking the public’s help catching three male teenagers who entered a Circle K convenience store April 28 and took beer, chips and candy bars without paying.

The trio, in their…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-05-06T12:49:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/names-we-like2/ A Virgin was arrested on a prostitution charge Wednesday.

Tampa police arrested Virgin Larry at 9:50 a.m. at Floribraska and Central avenues.

Larry - whose first name also is spelled Virgen on the Hillsborough County…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-04-24T11:36:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/corrections-department-catches-contraband/
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Florida’s corrections department compares well with other states’ corrections agencies when it comes to catching contraband, a recently released report states.
The Department of Corrections recovered the following things last fiscal year: The Crime Blog 2008-04-23T19:29:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/former-usf-students-crack-fbis-top-10-stories-of-last-week/

Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and Youssef Samir Megahed, the former University of South Florida students whose legal battle began after their car was pulled over by deputies in South Carolina, ranked ninth among the FBI’s top 10 stories of last week.

It was a…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-04-23T13:56:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/child-pornography-owner-sentenced-to-prison-forced-to-forfeit-home/ A 42-year-old Jacksonville man who possessed child pornography was ordered to forfeit his $280,000 home to the United States, as it facilitated his commission of the crime, according to the FBI on Friday.

He was sentenced to four years in prison.

Darrell Mark Krause also was ordered…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-04-23T11:33:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/former-border-patrol-officer-sentenced-for-distributing-marijuana/ A former U.S. Border Patrol officer was sentenced to six months behind bars and four months’ home detention, according to the Department of Justice.

In November, Tony “Hollywood” Henderson pleaded guilty to distributing 3 pounds if marijuana, and testimony at the sentencing hearing revealed he sold about 6 more…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-04-22T16:34:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/less-officers-shot-and-killed-this-year/
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Far fewer police officers have been shot and killed in the United States this year than this time a year ago, according to USA Today.

Fatal police shootings dropped to 11, compared with 23 through April…]]> The Crime Blog 2008-04-22T15:54:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/when-feces-spills-driver-gets-cited-for-unsecured-load/ A driver was cited for having an unsecured load after a truckload of human feces spilled onto the roadway in Crown Point, Ind., according to the Associated Press.

He told police he was transporting treated human feces from a water recycling plant when his cargo spilled Thursday morning.