The lawyer defending the sheriff's finance director is asking prosecutors to show proof his client was driving under the influence. ...more

December 10, 2008

TAMPA A 25-year-old Tampa man sold cocaine to an agent of the Tampa Police Department during a drug operation Monday night near a Tampa church, police say. Sharron Gary was arrested about 7:40 p.m. on the sidewalk in front of 2906 N. 18th St. ...more

December 2, 2008

Two fake nuggets of crack cocaine netted a Tampa man a real drug charge, police said. ...more

November 22, 2008

Christopher Che Delin withheld information from doctors several times this year in order to get oxycodone, methadone and Soma, Temple Terrace police say. ...more

November 21, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies searching Cory Cannon's home Wednesday in Valrico found 54 marijuana plants growing in a closet. ...more

November 13, 2008

Cameron Ata gave 73 grams of mushrooms to an undercover Temple Terrace police officer in exchange for 40 Ecstasy pills, police say. ...more

November 13, 2008

Heather Locklear was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance in the upscale Santa Barbara, Calif., area, authorities said Sunday. ...more

September 29, 2008

A woman who was looking at her cell phone while driving drifted across traffic and crashed into another car, seriously injuring the driver, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. ...more

September 27, 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

A Riverview woman working in a physician's office wrote prescriptions for oxycodone using fictitious names, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 9, 2008