Two fake nuggets of crack cocaine netted a Tampa man a real drug charge, police said. ...more

November 22, 2008

Three homeless men somehow obtained a kilogram of cocaine that they tried to sell to an undercover investigator on Friday, deputies said. ...more

November 22, 2008

Christopher Che Delin withheld information from doctors several times this year in order to get oxycodone, methadone and Soma, Temple Terrace police say. ...more

November 21, 2008

TAMPA The search of a Riverview home Wednesday night led to the seizure of about 400 grams of methamphetamines, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Jose Suazo-Aviles and Maria Arguelles at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday at 12007 Glenshire Drive. ...more

November 20, 2008

A suspected shoplifter was arrested Tuesday with enough ill-gotten prescription pills in her purse to warrant a drug trafficking charge, a report shows. ...more

November 20, 2008

Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. ...more

November 19, 2008

- Two teenagers have been charged with the theft of $27,000 in jewelry they reportedly said they later traded for drugs. ...more

November 15, 2008

A Summerfield Crossings Elementary School teacher has been charged with possession and delivery of heroin and crack cocaine, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 14, 2008

A man went to the emergency room Wednesday after a glass pipe commonly used for smoking drugs broke inside his rectum on the way to jail, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 14, 2008

Italy's highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man's request to disconnect his daughter's feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. ...more

November 14, 2008