Jerold Dale Hager was a few blocks from dropping off his grandsons. They had stopped to grab milkshakes at Arby's after a Boy Scouts meeting Monday night, and Hager was behind the wheel of his Ford pickup, heading west on Busch Boulevard. ...more

October 21, 2009

A written reprimand was given to the sheriff's finance director on Friday for her drunken driving arrest. ...more

March 24, 2009

A 26-year-old Tampa woman has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving an injury to a pedestrian. ...more

February 23, 2009

The sheriff's finance director pleaded no contest Thursday to a charge of DUI causing property damage. ...more

February 13, 2009

Emily Vernon, 40, was adjudicated guilty and received the standard DUI sanctions. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Lutz man who led authorities on a high-speed boat chase in January pleaded guilty to federal charges of ramming a Coast Guard inflatable boat with a stolen 28-foot powerboat. ...more

December 23, 2008

LAKE PLACID A Lake Placid woman is dead following a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning at the northbound intersection of U.S. 27 and Lake Francis Road. ...more

November 7, 2008

TAMPA - During a traffic stop Wednesday morning, a Tampa man reversed his vehicle toward Officer Jesse Madsen's patrol car, forcing the officer to "take evasive action to avoid a collision," a police report states. ...more

June 26, 2008

Driving along Interstate 75 is about to get safer. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Friday kicked off its "Guard Your Life -Drive Alert On I-75" safety campaign aimed at reducing deaths and crashes along that busy road. ...more

June 17, 2008

FDOT hopes to reduce head-on crashes. ...more

June 16, 2008