Polk County detectives found a methamphetamine lab in a Lake Wales hotel room Thursday night, deputies say. ...more

September 26, 2008

The driver of a 2006 Ford Mustang died late Monday after the vehicle struck a tractor-trailer head-on, Hillsborough County deputies say. The Ford, driven by 54-year-old Illie Steve Fuller of Plant City, was heading west on Lithia-Pinecrest Road near George Smith Road about 11:37 p.m. when it drifted right and the driver lost control, according to a sheriff's office news release. ...more

September 24, 2008

A 19-year-old Fort Meade woman died Sunday morning in a traffic crash in Lake Wales, Polk County deputies say Rebekah Lea Stortz was pronounced dead at the scene. She was a passenger in a car driven by Shamaile Sital, 19, of Lake Wales, deputies say. ...more

September 15, 2008

A 17-year-old girl is recovering from a skull fracture today after she escaped from the trunk of a moving vehicle on Friday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 14, 2008

Deputies on a routine air patrol of Port Manatee on Friday needed to make an emergency landing after a turkey buzzard struck their helicopter, Manatee County deputies said. ...more

September 12, 2008

A SWAT team has been called to the scene of a barricaded man, Pinellas County deputies say. ...more

September 12, 2008

At least three recent armed robberies of Hillsborough County businesses likely were committed by the same people, deputies say. ...more

September 11, 2008

A Riverview woman working in a physician's office wrote prescriptions for oxycodone using fictitious names, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 9, 2008

A 69-year-old Dunedin woman was found floating face down near Honeymoon Island tonight. ...more

September 4, 2008

A woman robbed a Bradenton bank this afternoon, Manatee County deputies say. About 4:30 p.m. , the woman entered a bank at 5305 26th St. W. and demanded money from a teller. She didn't display a weapon or a note, deputies say. ...more

September 4, 2008