SEBRING — An Avon Park man was arrested by Sebring police after a concerned citizen flagged down a sheriff's deputy to report a hit-and-run driver in a white flat-bed truck weaving up U.S. 27 north. Highlands County deputy Dan Wilson reported that when he pulled over the truck, the driver –– identified as Ubaldo "Lalo" Davila, 55 –– and also known as Baldo Jesus Davila, Eduardo Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez and Lalo Davila staggered out. He did not have a Florida driver's license. The witness, who wished not to be identified, said Tuesday that he saw the truck coming his way, in his rearview mirror. The road was wet as it had just rained Monday morning. He saw the driver hit another vehicle and keep going, he said. ...more

May 21, 2008

SEBRING — One drink and one decision to drive after drinking can affect many people, Sebring High School Resource Officer/Deputy Sheriff Ross Porter told students Thursday. The message was timed to caution and inform students prior to Sebring High School's senior prom, which is this evening. ...more

May 9, 2008

BRANDON - A Brandon man driving under the influence of alcohol despite having his 2-year-old son in the car drove through a yard and crashed a Dodge into a tree, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 30, 2007

Just call him The Duke. Actor Josh Duhamel and his girlfriend, Fergie, are engaged, his publicist said Wednesday. ...more

December 28, 2007

Family violence kept law enforcement busy across Hillsborough County on Christmas. Twenty-one people were arrested Tuesday on domestic battery charges, records show. That was about one-quarter of the 85 inmates booked into Orient Road Jail and nearly double the number charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Last year, about 9 percent of those arrested Christmas Day were booked on domestic violence charges. ...more

December 27, 2007

Family violence kept law enforcement busy across Hillsborough County on Christmas. ...more

December 26, 2007

SEBRING — Two Sebring men remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Friday, charged in connection with stalking an ex-girlfriend of the older suspect and trying to burn her new boyfriend's motorcycle using a Molotov cocktail. ...more

December 21, 2007

TAMPA - Longtime News Channel 8 anchor Bob Hite will serve one year of probation and have his driver's license suspended for driving under the influence of alcohol in November. ...more

December 18, 2007

A motorcyclist was fatally injured in Brandon on Tuesday night when a man who was driving while intoxicated hit the sport bike with his truck, authorities said. ...more

November 28, 2007

Detroit Lions quarterback Jon Kitna and his wife dressed up as a naked man and a fast-food drive-through attendant at teammate Mike Furrey's Halloween party, depicting an embarrassing moment for one of the team's assistant coaches. ...more

November 1, 2007