MANATEE COUNTY - A 74-year-old Manatee County man was sentenced Friday to nearly 20 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization. ...more

September 20, 2008

A federal judge sentenced a 74-year-old man to nearly 20 years in prison today for his long involvement in a drug-trafficking organization. ...more

September 19, 2008

A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. Deputies arrested Bruce Yates, 28, of an undisclosed Okeechobee address, charging him with felony battery or domestic violence battery by strangulation, possession of a controlled substance (Xanax) without a prescription and possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana. ...more

September 17, 2008

A judge revoked bail Thursday for a man facing murder and attempted murder charges after sheriff's deputies said he threatened a witness with a gun and had smoked marijuana. ...more

September 12, 2008

An Oldsmar man was arrested Wednesday on charges he let his 10-year-old daughter steer a boat when it collided with an anchored vessel and one of their passengers died. Jeremy Rettman, 32, of 603 Baylakes Trail, was charged with vessel homicide. ...more

September 11, 2008

A judge revoked bail today for a man facing murder and attempted murder charges after sheriff's deputies said he threatened a witness with a gun and had smoked marijuana. ...more

September 11, 2008

Polk County deputies responding to a home invasion say they found more than they expected. ...more

September 1, 2008

A 15-year-old Sebring High School boy was in the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice on Friday after sheriff's investigators say he was caught in school with marijuana for distribution and then escaped out of the D.A.R.E. van and was recaptured. ...more

August 30, 2008

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies are out in force tonight in Lealman as part of a crackdown targeting about 60 street-level drug dealers. ...more

August 27, 2008