A Panama City Beach toddler is in critical condition after having a nail removed from her fractured skull and her parents are in jail on drug and child abuse charges. ...more

October 2, 2009

TAMPA The search of a Riverview home Wednesday night led to the seizure of about 400 grams of methamphetamines, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Jose Suazo-Aviles and Maria Arguelles at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday at 12007 Glenshire Drive. ...more

November 20, 2008

Life dealt Samuel Stockdale a rough hand. His biological parents were addicted to drugs and alcohol, forcing him into foster care at a young age. The Stockdale family adopted him when he was 9, but abandoned him when his behavioral problems continued. ...more

September 25, 2008

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad has been called out tonight to the scene of a Pinellas County house fire. Pinellas deputies received information "there may be dangerous substances inside the house, which could cause explosions," a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office release states. ...more

June 27, 2008

Adrian Jay Apgar, who deputies say twice in little more than a year had naked encounters with alligators, pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Polk County Circuit Court to exposing himself, trespassing, breach of peace and failure to appear in court. ...more

June 21, 2008

BARTOW — Adrian Jay Apgar, who deputies say twice in little more than a year had naked encounters with alligators, pleaded not guilty this morning in Polk County Circuit Court to exposing himself, trespassing, breach of peace and failure to appear in court. The charges stem from a March incident in which Apgar, 47, was found by Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies naked and wading in Saddle Creek Park near several alligators. ...more

June 20, 2008

From "Scarface" to "Miami Vice," Florida's drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit. ...more

June 16, 2008

Although fewer young people are using marijuana and other illegal drugs, the percentage of teenagers abusing prescription painkillers remains alarmingly high, according to a national teen drug use survey released Tuesday at the White House. ...more

December 12, 2007