The Outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business – no matter what crime they committed. ...more

August 1, 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

TAMPA — Two men from California are being held without bail at Orient Road Jail today after paying undercover detectives about $38,000 during an undercover drug buy, records show. Anthony Robinson, 43, of Fontana, Calif., and Alvin Emmitt Wade, 34, of Inglewood, Calif., are charged with felony cocaine trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, jail records show. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa man was being held without bail at Orient Road Jail this morning after police said he dumped powder cocaine out of a car during a brief chase. Demetrus Fletcher, 33, is charged with felony attempted cocaine trafficking and felony destruction of evidence, among other charges. ...more

July 1, 2008

A key witness in the murder trial of James Ray Booth received a combined five years in prison for four cases on Wednesday. ...more

June 11, 2008

About half a kilo of cocaine was taken off the streets by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies in two separate arrests Tuesday, according to arrest reports. The first arrest took place shortly after 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Home Depot at Falkenburg Road and State Road 60 in Brandon, according to a deputy's report. ...more

May 29, 2008

Some people tidy up before leaving the house. Apparently, not Keila and Steven Casellas. ...more

February 20, 2008

TAMPA - Some people tidy up before leaving the house. Not Keila and Steven Casellas. The couple called Tampa police to report a burglary and left in plain sight four baggies of cocaine and one baggie of marijuana, criminal report affidavits state. ...more

February 19, 2008

Acting on a federal search warrant, vice officers discovered cocaine, prescription drugs and narcotics paraphernalia inside an upscale home in a gated subdivision Tuesday morning. ...more

February 13, 2008

SEVEN SPRINGS - Acting on a federal search warrant, vice officers discovered cocaine, prescription drugs and narcotics paraphernalia inside an upscale home in a gated subdivision Tuesday morning. ...more

February 12, 2008