Authorities say the winner of reality TV show "Big Brother" has confessed to using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them. ...more

October 20, 2009

Medical marijuana users and dispensary owners in California have held their breath for years — fearful they would be targeted for prosecution by the federal government. ...more

March 21, 2009

TAMPA – Five people have been arrested in a guns-for-drugs sting, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ...more

January 14, 2009

Pasco County detectives found nearly $1.5 million cash in a truck driven by a New Port Richey man wanted on federal drug charges, the sheriff's office said Thursday. ...more

December 12, 2008

Pasco County detectives found marijuana and nearly $1.5 million in cash in a truck driven by a man wanted on a federal arrest warrant, the sheriff's office said today. ...more

December 11, 2008

Pasco County detectives have arrested three men in connection with operating a grow house and seized about 230 pounds of marijuana, the sheriff's office said. ...more

December 11, 2008

Pasco County detectives have arrested three men in connection with operating a grow house and seized about 230 pounds of marijuana, the sheriff's office said. ...more

December 10, 2008

A St. Petersburg man was sentenced today to 111 months in prison and his former girlfriend 46 months for selling thousands of pounds of marijuana. U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew imposed the prison terms on Keith Pritchett, 29, and Monique Pruitt, 28, both of 4225 Cortez Way S. They both pleaded guilty Aug. 26 to conspiring to possess with the intent of distributing large quantities of marijuana. ...more

November 26, 2008

From "Scarface" to "Miami Vice," Florida's drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit. ...more

June 16, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY — Sheriff's officials arrested 11 people in a raid Thursday night that they say broke up a loose-knit but active drug gang. ...more

May 9, 2008