TAMPA Police broke up a home burglary today and, in the process, arrested three teenagers they say are linked to a string of burglaries and car thefts. ...more

August 30, 2008

The east side of Hernando County is a world apart from the hustle and bustle of the coast. ...more

August 30, 2008

A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Thursday after police say his DNA linked him to the scene of a burglary and grand theft at the Jalisco Food Market at 928 S. Main Ave., in Lake Placid. ...more

August 30, 2008

Sheriff Benton was quoted in Highlands Today dated July 16 when defending the huge increase in the sheriff's budget. "You folks asked for it, you got it," the sheriff asserted, indicating that she had given citizens what they wanted in terms of services. ...more

August 29, 2008

Police Chief Stephen Hogue stood on the wraparound porch of a Suwanee Heights house Wednesday night and delivered good news to a crowd gathered on the front lawn. ...more

August 28, 2008

Police Chief Stephen Hogue said the city's crime rate dropped 12 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same time period in 2007. ...more

August 27, 2008

Deputies arrested a home invasion suspect not far from his own home Friday. ...more

August 16, 2008

While on the campaign trail, Pasco Sheriff Bob White has boasted about the agency's crime-clearance rate, saying it's about 32 percent, far above the nation's average of just below 20 percent. ...more

August 7, 2008

Pinellas sheriff's authorities have arrested a man in one burglary and say he is a suspect in dozens of others in the Tampa Bay area. Matthew Samuel Stratis, 39, of 6834 Lassen Ave., New Port Richey, was charged with burglary, possession of burglary tools and three counts of resisting arrest. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning. ...more

August 6, 2008

Items of interest from the July 28 Plant City Commission meeting and budget workshop included: ...more

August 6, 2008