Authorities say a former Manatee deputy spent decades in Alaska under his dead stepbrother’s identity after disappearing.

Bradenton police are investigating after a teenager was found dead outside a home on Monday night. Police responded to a 911 ...

Ex-Manatee County deputy gets 13 years for sexually abusing underage girl in the 1970s after living in Alaska for decades.

A Manatee County man is facing a felony charge after investigators say one of his children found a gun under his father's bed and accidentally shot his 5-year-old sibling inside their home in March.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 21-year-old corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested in Manatee County on an attempted sexual battery charge. According to JSO, the Manatee County ...

16-year-old faces manslaughter charge in shooting death of Demetrius Lightfoot Jr.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — An arrest has been made in connection with a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian dead in Manatee County Friday afternoon. The incident occurred in the 5600 block of the 11th ...

Just before 6 a.m. on April 20, an armed man wearing a mask, who deputies later identified as Markus Jackson, 39, reportedly entered the Mega Arcade on N. Tamiami Trail and demanded cash at gunpoint ...