Reference is made to the Sept. 12 article in which the sheriff's attorney, Mike Durham, described the leader of a controversial evidence audit as "a disgruntled former employee." If Mr. Newell was a disgruntled part-time employee of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, it is apparently the first time in his reported 34 year career as a law enforcement officer that he had been, as described, "disgruntled." ...more

September 21, 2008

Police arrested an 18-year-old Tampa man late Monday after the vehicle he was driving struck a police car on the passenger side, according to a report. ...more

September 17, 2008

Police arrested an 18-year-old Tampa man late Monday after the vehicle he was driving struck a police car on the passenger side, according to a report. ...more

September 16, 2008

A 26-year-old woman called 911 Sunday morning and told the operator that if she had an AK-47 assault rifle, "she would stick it in the 911 operator's mouth and shoot it," according to a Tampa police criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

September 14, 2008

An Avon Park man was free Wednesday on $3,250 bail after police say the man - who was stopped for questioning - resisted, then violently fought with a police officer when the officer's Taser malfunctioned Saturday night. ...more

September 11, 2008

Deputies arrested a Hillsborough County substitute teacher early Friday after a roommate said the teacher stabbed him in the back with a steak knife. ...more

September 6, 2008

Deputies arrested a Hillsborough County substitute teacher early this morning after a roommate said the teacher stabbed him in the back with a steak knife. ...more

September 5, 2008

A sheriff's lieutenant was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday pending the outcome of a criminal investigation. ...more

September 5, 2008

First, deputies say, Gary Eugene Adams and another man tried to kidnap and rape a woman they found walking along a road. ...more

September 5, 2008

First, deputies say, Gary Eugene Adams and another man tried to kidnap and rape a woman they found walking along a road. After the woman escaped, Adams tried to run down a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy who tried to stop him, and then he sped away, running red lights and crossing into oncoming lanes, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

September 4, 2008