A Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal is suing WTSP, Channel 10, and reporter Mike Deeson, claiming they altered videotape to make it appear as he was smiling at a quadriplegic who was dumped from his wheelchair while being booked at the county jail. ...more

November 17, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal is suing WTSP, Channel 10, and reporter Mike Deeson, claiming they altered videotape to make it appear as if he was smiling at a quadriplegic who was dumped from his wheelchair while being booked at the county jail. ...more

November 16, 2009

A Tampa man has been charged with attempted murder after an argument with his girlfriend, Tampa police said. ...more

May 28, 2009

The findings of the independent panel that scrutinized every aspect of Hillsborough's jails are reassuring. ...more

September 12, 2008

After Orient Road Jail inmate Brian Sterner was dumped from his wheelchair by a detention deputy, jail video of it spread like a disease on the Internet and airwaves. ...more

September 11, 2008

An independent review commission on jails will present its final report today to Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee. ...more

September 10, 2008

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will train detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates. ...more

August 16, 2008

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will implement training for detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates to prevent situations such as one with a quadriplegic man in January that triggered national criticism. ...more

August 15, 2008

A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office corporal was fired and a second deputy resigned over the treatment in January of a quadriplegic inmate, according to internal affairs reports released Tuesday. ...more

August 13, 2008

Nine Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employees were negligent in their treatment of quadriplegic former Orient Road Jail inmate Brian Sterner, according to an internal affairs report released today. ...more

August 12, 2008