With one exception, the book is closed on one of the largest drug rings in Hernando County's history ...more

August 14, 2008

LAKELAND - The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared the Polk County Sheriff's Office of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of Angilo Freeland, the man who shot and killed Deputy Matt Williams and his police dog, DiOGi, in September 2006. ...more

June 5, 2008

TAMPA I flick on the blue and red flashing overhead lights of a Tampa police car at the intersection of Alert Avenue and Careful Way. ...more

January 16, 2008

LAKELAND - It has been a year since Polk County Deputy Doug Speirs stopped a man in a rental car for speeding on 10th Street in north Lakeland, a routine moment of law enforcement work that set off one of the darkest days in Polk County history. Today, a crowd of deputies and police officers mixed with the public to mark the somber anniversary. ...more

September 28, 2007