A Holiday woman faces felony charges after she used her mother's identification to open a credit card account and run up nearly $50,000 in debt, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

January 17, 2009

A man arrested Tuesday morning on petty theft and drug possession charges kicked out the rear window of a deputy's patrol car on the way to Orient Road Jail and escaped for a brief time, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. ...more

December 9, 2008

Rappers often refer to themselves and members of their posses as soldiers. ...more

October 7, 2008

Temple Terrace police pulled over a man for playing music too loudly in his Saturn and found he had stolen someone's identity, officers say. ...more

September 16, 2008

Hillsborough Community College warned its roughly 2,000 employees Wednesday to monitor their bank accounts because an HCC programmer's laptop was stolen from a hotel parking lot in Georgia. ...more

July 25, 2008

SEBRING – A father who was mistakenly detained by sheriff's bailiffs who mistook him for his son is an angry man. He's angry that the mistake happened despite his insistence that they had the wrong man. He's even angrier that they didn't apologize after realizing their mistake. Wellington E. Clarke Jr., 47, of Sebring, said he was shocked to find himself handcuffed at the Highlands County Courthouse while he was there taking care of personal business June 12. "I went to court to collect back child support my ex owed," Clarke Jr. said. "The judge said, before you go, you've got unsettled business with the sheriff's office. Three, a lady and two men came up to me and said we've got a warrant." ...more

July 7, 2008