Four Brandon residents worked together to shoplift merchandise worth $444.41 from a Kohl's department store in Brandon on Tuesday, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 4, 2009

Two men are accused of trying to sell 40 pounds of marijuana that had been transported from California to Florida. ...more

January 22, 2009

A 31-year-old Gibsonton man was arrested today on a warrant for racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. ...more

January 16, 2009

Two men delivered 60 grams of cocaine to undercover detectives Monday in Gibsonton in exchange for $1,600, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 13, 2009

A judge today denied a motion from a Tampa man to dismiss an indictment accusing him of being part of a Gambino crime family conspiracy. ...more

January 7, 2009

Three arrests have been made since a home invasion Nov. 18 that authorities say was a murder-for-hire scheme. ...more

December 16, 2008

Four people tried to sell 5,000 Ecstasy pills Friday for $25,000, Tampa police say. ...more

December 12, 2008

Three bouncers tried selling about a kilogram of cocaine to investigators for $20,000, Hillsborough County deputies say. They were in possession of two loaded semi-automatic pistols when they were arrested about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at 223 9th St. N.E. in Ruskin, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

December 11, 2008

An internal audit found Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office to be mismanaged, yet it let the county's top manager, Administrator Pat Bean, off the hook. ...more

December 11, 2008

A federal judge has granted a motion by attorneys for John "Junior" Gotti to transfer his racketeering case to New York, saying allowing the case to proceed in Florida "stands athwart the manifest interests of justice." ...more

December 2, 2008