Four men were arrested Tuesday after they tried to sell cocaine to undercover deputies for $15,000, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 25, 2009

TAMPA — William Gomez and Christopher Serrano delivered more than 300 grams of cocaine to investigators, and Hillsborough County deputies also found five pounds of marijuana in Gomez's home, deputies say. The men were arrested. ...more

February 10, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies seized more than 160 grams of cocaine following three meetings with a Tampa man. Deputies arrested three people Monday afternoon they say were involved in cocaine dealing: Francisco Javier Rodriguez-Arana, 28, of Tampa; Irving Betancourt, 21, of Tampa; and Enid Jimenez, 30, of Brandon. ...more

November 11, 2008

Lothario Overstreet met with an undercover detective this afternoon to buy $42,000 in cocaine, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies say. ...more

October 24, 2008

A Tampa man has been told he will spend the next seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to cocaine conspiracy charges. U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. sentenced Oscar Fernandez, 30, to seven years and three months in prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine with his co-defendant Benjamin Torres. ...more

September 19, 2008

A Tampa man brought about $21,000 to a meeting with an undercover Tampa police officer Wednesday night to buy a kilogram of cocaine, police say. ...more

August 21, 2008

A nurse at the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution was arrested early this morning on charges of armed trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, Tampa police say. Oberdella Melvin, 46, was arrested at 12:25 a.m. A search warrant was executed at her home, 1105 Facet View Way in Valrico. ...more

July 23, 2008

Francisco Pecina was on the telephone Friday night with Joe Luis Castanada talking about a cocaine deal involving a couple hundred grams, police said. ...more

July 13, 2008

Francisco Pecina was on the phone last night with Joe Luis Castanada, according to police, talking about a cocaine deal involving a couple hundred grams. ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA - Two men took part in a Dade City drug deal Monday that involved a kilogram of cocaine and nearly $20,000, police say. ...more

May 20, 2008