Dee Morva of Hudson was appalled by story in a letter to the area of a woman panhandling in the Hudson area asking a woman for more money so she would have enough to buy the narcotic Vicodin. ...more

March 7, 2009

An Oviedo man with ties to a drug scheme involving two former Pasco County Sheriff's Office employees entered a guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court. ...more

August 23, 2008

As usual in Hollywood, Oscar night looks like the same people will generally be collecting the same prizes. Yet some suspense remains for a few of the main awards. A look at the key categories: ...more

February 24, 2008

If you can't beat it, tax it. That seems to be the axiom in New York these days, where Gov. Eliot Spitzer, struggling to close a $4.4 billion budget gap, has proposed making drug dealers pay taxes on their stashes of illegal drugs. The new tax would apply to cocaine, heroin and marijuana, and could be paid with pre-bought "tax stamps" affixed to the bags of dope. ...more

February 18, 2008

TAMPA - Now that U.S. marshals have brought Daniel L. Prewett back from Italy to face federal cocaine distribution charges, one of the Sarasota investment company owner's co-defendants is missing. ...more

January 11, 2008

Sheriff Brad Steube did something that nobody has ever done around here: ...more

December 26, 2007

BRADENTON - Sheriff Brad Steube did something that nobody has ever done around here before: He spent more than $30,000 in seized drug money and built a regulation basketball court at the parking lot of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 25, 2007