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

Rodney Roman, against whom a first-degree murder charge in the killing of football standout Kwane Doster was dropped, was arrested Thursday on drug trafficking, conspiracy and racketeering charges. ...more

July 11, 2008

TAMPA - Rodney Roman, against whom a first-degree murder charge in the killing of football standout Kwane Doster was dropped, was arrested Thursday on drug trafficking, conspiracy and racketeering charges. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA – A man described by federal authorities as a former leader in the Latin Kings gang has been indicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. Michael A. Garcia, 38, is named in a 13-count indictment that charges him with conspiracy to distribute Ecstasy and more than five kilograms of cocaine between December 2005 and June 2008. ...more

June 13, 2008

An off-duty Hillsborough County sheriff's detective who tracked and arrested a man on charges of possessing large quantities of marijuana and cocaine set off a constitutional battle now headed to an appeals court. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - Alexis Lopez was charged with trafficking nearly 18 grams of heroin when Hillsborough County deputies arrested him Saturday. ...more

January 15, 2008

After buying a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover detective on Dec. 19, two Bradenton men offered to pay $148,000 for a total of seven installments, Tampa police said. ...more

December 29, 2007

TAMPA - After inspecting a kilogram of cocaine on Dec. 19 and calling it "good quality," the two Bradenton men bought the package from an undercover detective and offered to pay $148,000 for a total of seven in installments, according to the Tampa Police Department. ...more

December 28, 2007

Two brothers and a third man have been arrested on charges they conspired to pay $40,000 to have 10 kilograms of cocaine smuggled to Tampa from Colombia. ...more

October 18, 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