The Polk County Sheriff's Office today announced 21 arrests in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar baby-formula theft ring operating in at least three states. The men and women arrested face a variety of charges, including organized retail theft, shoplifting, possession of fake driver's licenses, larceny and fraud. All are in the country illegally. ...more

March 6, 2009

A Lakeland man was arrested today, accused of running a pirate radio station out of a local motel. ...more

November 7, 2008

St. Petersburg police on Sunday released the name of a taxi driver who was found dead over the weekend. ...more

July 13, 2008

To John Gibson, some doctors are "legal drug dealers." The 30-year-old Tampa man said he is recovering from addiction to prescription painkillers he started taking after an all-terrain vehicle accident and a work-related injury when he was employed at a sawmill. ...more

December 4, 2007

Feb. 21, 2006: Clearwater police arrest Candice Clark and her boyfriend, Michael Sisk, in a local motel, where they are caught with a stolen checkbook. Candice has 20 previous charges and 15 arrest warrants in Kentucky. Sisk is a fugitive from Colorado, where he walked away from a jail work-release program. Candice's 1-year-old daughter, Courtney, goes into state custody. ...more

December 2, 2007