The founder and operator of the controversial Horseshoe Creek Wildlife Sanctuary is in trouble again. Darryl Atkinson, 51, of Davenport, was arrested Friday on fraud charges. An undercover state wildlife officer, posing as someone who needed to work off community service hours, went to the sanctuary and asked Atkinson for work, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. ...more

February 2, 2008

Michael Platt figures he's seen the last of his $140,000 fishing boat, stolen from a dry dock in July. ...more

October 24, 2007

CLEARWATER - Michael Platt figures he's seen the last of his $140,000 fishing boat, stolen from a dry dock in July. Pricey vessels such as his are being targeted in greater numbers throughout Florida, dismantled and sold for parts or kept intact and used for maritime smuggling operations by organized crime rings. ...more

October 17, 2007