After a two-week investigation, Hillsborough County deputies arrested seven people on drug-related charges in a Gibsonton mobile home park Tuesday night. ...more

August 13, 2008

Deputy Bryan Schmick said he knew the area around the Villa Palm apartments had been inundated with drug dealers, but an investigation into drug use there yielded far more arrests than he thought. ...more

August 13, 2008

A drug investigation at Villa Palm apartments in recent weeks has led to 41 arrests and 138 total charges, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

August 12, 2008

Two paramedics from different agencies are facing felony cocaine possession charges after authorities found them with crack cocaine during traffic stops, records show. ...more

August 2, 2008

Two paramedics from different agencies are facing felony cocaine possession charges after authorities found them with crack cocaine during traffic stops, records show. ...more

August 1, 2008

Amy Winehouse was hospitalized Monday night for a reaction to medication but was expected to be released by morning, representatives for the Grammy-winning singer said. ...more

July 29, 2008

BRADENTON - Tulani Cooper was defiant even at the end, telling a sheriff's lieutenant Wednesday he did not shoot him during a drug raid at a house teeming with crack cocaine, guns and bundles of cash. ...more

July 24, 2008

The economy is tough on drug dealers too, investigators learned as part of a sweeping probe of two trafficking networks stretching from Texas and Georgia to Fort Myers and the Bay area. ...more

July 24, 2008

A five-month drug investigation targeting two drug-trafficking groups and four distribution cells throughout the state has culminated with nearly two dozen arrests this morning, officials said. Tampa and Plant City police, federal authorities and the sheriff's offices in Hillsborough, Pasco and Lee counties cooperated in the investigation. Forty-one people have been arrested. ...more

July 23, 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