The motorcycle in a Plant City Police Department demonstration Nov. 18 that injured two spectators, the police chief and the driver was going 37 mph when it skidded out of control, according to a report on the accident. ...more

December 2, 2008

Plant City police are searching for a man who abandoned his getaway vehicle – a bicycle – and the cash he had stolen from a bank. ...more

November 28, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years. ...more

November 25, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years behind bars. ...more

November 24, 2008

Jennifer Johnson, the 31-year-old mother found slain in a vacant house in Lakeland this week, called 911 for help from the trunk of a car, according to her family and police. ...more

November 20, 2008

POLK COUNTY Within four hours on Wednesday, a multi-agency traffic enforcement detail along U.S. 27 - conducted by the Florida Highway Patrol - issued 275 citations. ...more

November 15, 2008

A grand jury probe into the Haines City Police Department has found that the top two men in charge used their rank and standing in the community to violate law enforcement ethics policies. ...more

November 14, 2008

Capt. Mervin Stewart of the Haines City Police Department has been arrested and police Chief Morris West has resigned, according to the State Attorney's Office. ...more

November 13, 2008

PLANT CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Plant City Police Department between Oct. 20 and 26 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by officers and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

November 12, 2008

Brooklyn-born and Brooklyn-reared, Jackie Lewnes was for much of her working — that is, paycheck-earning — life a trainer in self-defense techniques for the New York City police department. But as she crisscrosses Pasco County during the final days of the run-up to Election Day, she wants one thing made perfectly clear, her curriculum vitae notwithstanding. ...more

October 31, 2008