A man on Pasco County's most-wanted list has been captured in Las Vegas and brought to Tampa to face federal charges that he tried to hire a hit man to kill a witness against him, a federal official said. ...more

November 19, 2009

Either way, Robert Shane Ballard's life was on the line. Facing a sentence of life in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, Ballard decided to risk his life and cooperate with investigators. He would provide information about other drug dealers. ...more

October 24, 2009

Either way, Robert Shane Ballard's life was on the line. Facing a sentence of life in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, Ballard decided to risk his life and cooperate with investigators. He would provide information about other drug dealers. ...more

October 22, 2009

TAMPA - Police have charged a 70-year-old woman with three felony cocaine charges after finding her with a pill bottle containing 13 pieces of crack, an affidavit states. ...more

July 18, 2008

God Lucky Howard, 39, described in jail records as a mortgage broker, is set to appear Thursday in a Hillsborough County courtroom to seek a reduced bail amount on cocaine charges. ...more

June 25, 2008

Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time. ...more

May 8, 2008

In his final basketball home game Wednesday night, Eddie Blackshear got a surprise: His coach at Dunedin High School sent him running out with the starters. Eddie, a senior whose mother is in prison on cocaine charges, is designated as mentally disabled but trainable and is something of a celebrity at Dunedin high. He learned to read in high school and has progressed enough to enter a career education program. ...more

January 31, 2008

Perhaps life isn't as complicated as we make it out to be. Take high school. Maybe it's not the SAT or grade-point averages that determine where a student truly ranks in his class. And maybe it's not the football player's touchdowns or the basketball player's game-winning shots that earn the most respect. ...more

January 31, 2008

Eddie Blackshear has his last home game tonight, but his Dunedin High School teammates will long remember this extraordinary teenager. ...more

January 30, 2008

Law and Order crime news briefs. ...more

January 22, 2008