The Polk County Sheriff's Office determined that several undercover investigators acted improperly by playing a Wii video bowling game during a drug bust at a home near Lakeland in March. ...more

November 11, 2009

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in the area. ...more

October 28, 2009

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in Hillsborough County. ...more

October 28, 2009

Bail for a suspected drug trafficker from Winter Haven was set at $1 million Thursday night. The arrest of Shawn Contrell Williams, 40, culminated a two-month investigation, authorities said. ...more

April 3, 2009

Mario Lopez was out of jail for almost a year. A former Miami resident who has served prison terms for grand theft and fraudulent use of a credit card, Lopez, 45, was arrested again Tuesday, accused of swindling more than $2,100 and two passports from people who thought they were paying for a trip to Ecuador, Pasco County Sheriff's Office records state. ...more

March 25, 2009

Mario Lopez was out of jail for almost a year. A former Miami resident who has served prison terms for grand theft and fraudulent use of a credit card, Lopez, 45, was arrested again today, accused of swindling more than $2,100 and two passports from people who thought they were paying for a trip to Ecuador, Pasco County Sheriff's Office records said. Florida Department of Corrections records show that Lopez, of 7111 Heibner Ave., Hudson, was released from the Hernando County Jail on March 31, 2008, where he was sentenced to 1 year, 10 months for fraudulent use of a credit card. ...more

March 24, 2009

A Louisiana woman is accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and $175 cash from a couple who had been trying for years to have their own child, authorities said Thursday. ...more

February 26, 2009

Ernest and Rose Flanagan always left home at 5 a.m. when they traveled, and they apparently held to that routine Christmas morning as they started on a two-day journey to visit a relative in Ohio. ...more

December 27, 2008

Ernest and Rose Flanagan always left home at 5 a.m. when they traveled, and they apparently held to that routine Christmas morning as they started on a two-day journey to visit a relative in Ohio. At 10 minutes after 5 – when the Flanagans were roughly 10 miles from their New Port Richey home -- a car going the wrong way on State Road 54 in Pasco County crashed head-on into the Flanagans' 2006 Cadillac, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Ernest Flanagan, 77, was killed. Rose Flanagan, 86, suffered broken wrists and ankles, along with other injuries. She was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in serious condition Thursday. Her condition Friday wasn't available. "It's sad this happened on Christmas Day," said Ernest Flanagan's son Donald, who lives in Willoughby, Ohio. The driver of the other car, Donald P. Holes, 52, of Jacksonville, died at the scene. ...more

December 26, 2008

A Hillsborough County school bus driver was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with driving under the influence. ...more

August 31, 2008