Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will implement training for detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates to prevent situations such as one with a quadriplegic man in January that triggered national criticism. ...more

August 15, 2008

Thirty-six detention deputies from Pinellas County laid off because of budget cuts are continuing their careers on the other side of Tampa Bay. ...more

July 29, 2008

Twenty-five Pinellas County sheriff's deputies are to lose their jobs as of Aug. 8, but all they have to do to land a job elsewhere is look across Tampa Bay. ...more

July 11, 2008

LARGO - Twenty-five Pinellas sheriff's deputies are to lose their jobs as of Aug. 8, but all they have to do to land a job elsewhere is look across Tampa Bay. ...more

July 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - In a symbolic vote, unionized Pasco County Sheriff's patrol deputies and detectives have expressed no confidence in Sheriff Bob White. ...more

July 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - In a symbolic vote, Pasco County sheriff's deputies and detectives overwhelmingly expressed zero confidence in Sheriff Bob White. ...more

June 30, 2008

LP Man Accused Of Choking Girlfriend SEBRING — A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $47,000 bond Thursday, arrested in connection with a felony domestic violence strangulation case. Donovan Paul Darroh, 28, was charged with felony battery or domestic violence battery by strangulation, domestic violence battery, possession of marijuana and smuggling contraband into a detention facility. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA - A woman who accused Hillsborough County detention deputies of abusing her when she was jailed in November 2006 was arrested again last week on a charge of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ...more

June 9, 2008

Stephanie Ragusa, a Hillsborough County teacher charged with having sex with some of her underage students, recently sent a letter to Nick Bollea, the incarcerated teenage son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA -- Stephanie Ragusa, a Hillsborough County teacher charged with having sex with some of her underage students, recently sent a letter to Nick Bollea, the incarcerated son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. The letter's contents weren't immediately available. ...more

June 6, 2008