Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family. ...more

February 8, 2008

An airplane sold by a St. Petersburg company in August 2006 is now part of an FBI investigation into international money laundering and drug smuggling, according to an FBI affidavit. ...more

February 5, 2008

A report released Tuesday on Florida's growing gang problem suggested lawmakers toughen sentencing guidelines and devote more money to protecting witnesses and anti-gang training for police and prosecutors. ...more

January 16, 2008

A report released today on Florida's growing gang problem suggested lawmakers toughen sentencing guidelines and devote more money to protecting witnesses and anti-gang training for police and prosecutors. ...more

January 15, 2008

TAMPA A 20-year-old man arrested in June as part of a roundup of suspected gang members has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. ...more

January 2, 2008

TAMPA - Two men accused of selling hydrocodone over the Internet were indicted by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday. ...more

December 21, 2007

SARASOTA COUNTY - Deputies raided two marijuana grow houses this week, both of them on large acreages east of Interstate 75. ...more

December 20, 2007

Last year, Richard Paey ate a cold Thanksgiving dinner at Tomoka Correctional Institution with his cellmate, a convicted murderer who had killed a previous cellmate. ...more

November 23, 2007

When investigators from a Tampa-based operation seized 27 tons of cocaine from two ships, they hit one of Colombia's most powerful drug organizations, the Norte del Valle Cartel, a federal prosecutor said today. ...more

November 21, 2007

A man tied to two ships seized with 27 tons of cocaine in 2004 was arrested Sunday in Colombia and is expected to be extradited and tried in federal court in Tampa. The federal government has designated him as one of the top 30 international drug traffickers in the world and he has worked for a man on the FBI's 10-Most Wanted List. ...more

November 20, 2007