BRADENTON - For as little as $125, authorities say, two Bradenton men gave undocumented immigrants what they could not get lawfully: driver's licenses, green cards and Social Security documents. The IDs, created using fake names and stolen Social Security numbers, meant the undocumented immigrants could get jobs and drive cars, privileges typically afforded only to people with legal documentation, investigators and prosecutors say. ...more

October 26, 2007

TAMPA - Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives have charged two men with trafficking in cocaine after a monthlong investigation into a distributing organization operating in District 1, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

September 7, 2007

The leader of an unrecognized American Indian tribe was arrested Thursday in a raid by federal authorities investigating claims the group sold tribal memberships to immigrants with the promise that joining would provide U.S. citizenship. ...more

September 7, 2007