TAMPA - A Latin Kings gang member failed to provide proper shelter to several dogs and birds, causing them to live in their own waste, investigators say. Carlos Ruben Rodriguez, 24, of Tampa, was arrested Monday. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County residents were arrested Saturday after trying to sell 2 kilograms of cocaine to deputies for $46,000, arrest affidavits show. A third kilogram was found during a vehicle search. ...more

October 7, 2007

TAMPA - When Reginald Cotton was pulled over for having too much windshield tinting on his car, he fled, leaving behind his two infants and a pill bottle filled with crack, deputies say. ...more

October 7, 2007

TAMPA - Two people are facing felony drug charges after Hillsborough County deputies searched the garage of their Brandon home and found a marijuana growing operation with 78 plants, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

October 3, 2007

TAMPA - A Tampa man has been charged with four felony counts of driving under the influence after deputies say he crashed his truck into four cars and tried to leave the scene. ...more

September 30, 2007

State wildlife agents arrested four Tampa fish dealers and charged them with violations stemming from the illegal sale and purchase of freshwater and saltwater fish. ...more

September 27, 2007