Police are looking for the killer of a popular Lakeland resident whose body was found outside his auto body shop Monday night. ...more

December 31, 2008

A detention deputy found a 5-inch shank in the jail cell today of Kendrick Morris, who was charged in April with the beating and rape of a high school student at the Bloomingdale library. "We believe the weapon came from plastic broken off a food tray," Col. Jim Previtera said. ...more

December 30, 2008

A Navy chief petty officer accused of mistreating Iraqi prisoners is awaiting a military court's recommendation on whether he should be court-martialed. ...more

November 15, 2008

Three Bradenton men drove a pickup into Ruskin with more than 400 grams of cocaine Saturday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

October 13, 2008

Overcrowding is the cause of nearly all problems found at Pasco County's two jails, but inspectors gave detention operations at the two facilities overall high marks for their "exemplary" conditions. ...more

September 5, 2008

A military jury on Wednesday found a former driver for Osama bin Laden guilty of supporting terrorism but not of conspiring in terrorist attacks, handing the Bush administration a partial victory in the first U.S. war crimes trial in a half century. ...more

August 7, 2008

Once, John Reaves seemed to have it all. He was Tampa's foremost high-school football icon, leading Robinson High School to the brink of a state championship in 1967. At the University of Florida, he became the NCAA's all-time leading passer. ...more

August 5, 2008

Real estate agent John Reaves, a former local football star who played at the professional, collegiate and high school levels, was arrested last week on drug charges. ...more

August 4, 2008

The following people were booked Monday, July 7 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

July 9, 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