Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing charges that he attempted along with others to buy a large quantity of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer. ...more

December 14, 2009

Three bouncers tried selling about a kilogram of cocaine to investigators for $20,000, Hillsborough County deputies say. They were in possession of two loaded semi-automatic pistols when they were arrested about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at 223 9th St. N.E. in Ruskin, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

December 11, 2008

Three homeless men somehow obtained a kilogram of cocaine that they tried to sell to an undercover investigator on Friday, deputies said. ...more

November 22, 2008

Lothario Overstreet met with an undercover detective this afternoon to buy $42,000 in cocaine, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies say. ...more

October 24, 2008

A Tampa man is accused of exchanging fake money for real cash and cocaine, affidavits say. Randall Izquierdo-Cardenas, 38, is charged with felony possession of counterfeit bills and felony cocaine trafficking. He was held at Orient Road Jail today without bail, jail records show. ...more

October 10, 2008

A Tampa man has been told he will spend the next seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to cocaine conspiracy charges. U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. sentenced Oscar Fernandez, 30, to seven years and three months in prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine with his co-defendant Benjamin Torres. ...more

September 19, 2008

A Tampa man brought about $21,000 to a meeting with an undercover Tampa police officer Wednesday night to buy a kilogram of cocaine, police say. ...more

August 21, 2008

Henry Cejudo called it the American dream. The son of undocumented Mexican immigrants who had to work two jobs to keep food on the table, Cejudo gave the United States its first Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling in 16 years Tuesday with a stunning win against Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga in the 55-kilogram (121 pounds) final. ...more

August 20, 2008

A Swedish wrestler was disqualified and stripped of his bronze medal Saturday for dropping the prize in protest after a disputed loss at the Olympics. ...more

August 17, 2008

TAMPA - A Bahamian national was sentenced in a Tampa federal courtroom today to concurrent sentences of 169 months in prison on two indictments involving cocaine trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. ...more

August 14, 2008