A local man charged with participating in a conspiracy by the Gambino organized crime family says the FBI illegally searched his house the day he was arrested. ...more

September 20, 2008

TAMPA – A local man charged with participating in a Gambino organized crime family conspiracy says the FBI illegally searched his house the day he was arrested. ...more

September 19, 2008

After years of professing their parents' innocence, the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are acknowledging that their father was a spy. ...more

September 18, 2008

Two Manatee County men teamed up to deliver 10 or more pounds of marijuana several times in Hillsborough County this year, Hillsborough deputies say. Andres Donjuan, 27, and Benito Limas, 40, delivered multiple pounds of marijuana to deputies Tuesday, as well as on May 30 and June 12, a criminal arrest affidavit states. ...more

September 17, 2008

Four men tried to buy four kilograms of cocaine from an agent of the Tampa Police Department on Wednesday night, police say. ...more

September 12, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. Don Riggans, 34, faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of life for possessing a firearm in connection with drug trafficking. He also has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to possess hydrocodone, a charge that carries up to five years behind bars. ...more

September 11, 2008

Four men tried buying four kilograms of cocaine from an agent of the Tampa Police Department on Wednesday night, police say. Officers arrested Arturo Aleman, 33, of Kissimmee; Orbil Millan-Romero, 34, of Tampa; Pedro Pinet, 35, of Tampa; and Ricardo Quinones-Romero, 28, of Tampa. ...more

September 11, 2008

A former Tampa Housing Authority official was sentenced Friday morning to four years and two months in federal prison and three years' probation for his role in a scheme to steal more than $486,000 in federal rent subsidies. ...more

August 30, 2008

A business owner convicted of defrauding customers seeking male sexual enhancement products and a variety of herbal supplements was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. ...more

August 28, 2008