Friday afternoon, Jeffrey Alan Curry and Luis Manuel Buitrago Jr. met with a couple of men they thought would sell them a kilo of cocaine, police said. ...more

July 20, 2008

Friday afternoon, Jeffrey Alan Curry and Luis Manuel Buitrago Jr. met with a couple of men, police say, they thought would sell them a kilo of cocaine. ...more

July 19, 2008

Deputies acting on a tip about a Tampa home uncovered 38 hidden marijuana plants in a secret bedroom. ...more

July 18, 2008

Three teenagers have been arrested, accused of breaking in to and stealing from five vehicles in the Brandon-Valrico area in the past month. ...more

July 15, 2008

A Plant City man on a riding mower was cutting his front lawn Sunday, when he had to jump off because a car drove up on his property, heading toward him, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies. ...more

July 15, 2008

A man impersonating a police officer told a pregnant illegal immigrant to have sex with him or he would have her children taken away, police said. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - A man impersonating a police officer told a pregnant woman to have sex with him or he would have her children taken away, police said. ...more

July 14, 2008

Francisco Pecina was on the telephone Friday night with Joe Luis Castanada talking about a cocaine deal involving a couple hundred grams, police said. ...more

July 13, 2008

Walter Larry Bivens was driving his 1993 Buick sedan late last night without his headlights on, police say. When approaching Bivens, stopped near 32nd St. N and 29th Ave. the officer noticed a strong smell wafting out of the Buick. ...more

July 12, 2008

Three rooms converted to a marijuana grow operation, harvested plants, and duffle bags full of weed – well over 25 pounds' worth. There was a hole in the floor with wires coming out, used to steal electricity to make the operation run. That's what Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies say they found yesterday afternoon when they entered the home at 4426 Mohican Trail in Valrico, according to a criminal report affidavit, which gives the deputies' description of what happened. ...more

July 11, 2008