Clearwater police arrested 10 people in an undercover prostitution and drug sting early this morning, said public safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Watts. ...more

May 7, 2009

Two men with the same name were arrested Wednesday during an undercover drug sting. ...more

April 30, 2009

State lawmakers in the West Pasco area are taking up the cause of protecting informants after Rachel Hoffman, a Florida State University graduate, was killed during a botched drug sting operation by police. The proposal, called Rachel's Law, has the backing of state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs. ...more

January 28, 2009

The parents of a slain 23-year-old Clearwater woman who was killed acting as a confidential informant when a drug deal went bad are pushing legislation to protect future informants. ...more

January 8, 2009

The parents of a woman killed during a drug sting gone wrong are suing the city of Tallahassee. ...more

December 30, 2008

An investigator was fired Thursday and four other Tallahassee police officers were suspended for two weeks without pay for their roles in a botched drug sting that led to the death of a young informant from Pinellas County. ...more

September 26, 2008

Florence, S.C. resident Nachenga Robinson was taking her three children and a friend of her father's to a Pinellas Park Wal-Mart when she was killed when her car was struck by a person police said was fleeing from an undercover drug sting. ...more

July 19, 2008

SARASOTA — Undercover police officers stormed a McDonald's restaurant and ordered diners and employees to the ground as they tried to catch a suspected cocaine dealer Thursday. ...more

July 12, 2008

In separate incidents, two out-of-town women were arrested in a drug sting operation Saturday at an Avon Park gas station. ...more

July 1, 2008

AVON PARK — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bond Thursday, after he was arrested on a warrant in connection with a joint drug sting conducted by Avon Park and Lake Wales police departments. Michael Lamar Williams, 25, also known as Michael Lamar Small, Michael Williams and Michael Pye, of 1618 Penny Ave., Sebring, (according to Highlands County Sheriff's Booking) or of 171 E. Rainbow St., Avon Park (according to the arrest report), on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a church and sale of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a church. Undercover Lake Wales Police detectives reported that on Feb. 1 they were driving in the 800 block of South Delaney Avenue when they were flagged down by buy $20 worth of "green or tree," a common street-level name for marijuana. ...more

May 29, 2008