A Port Charlotte woman who is nearly eight months pregnant has been charged with possession of oxycodone and drug paraphernalia. ...more

July 10, 2009

Polk County detectives arrested a state Department of Corrections correctional officer Monday after she tried buying prescription narcotics from an undercover detective, deputies say. Deborah Frisina, 51, works at the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution. ...more

June 23, 2009

Pills, phony bills and bogus prescriptions were found today in the pockets of a Lakeland man accused of counterfeiting U.S. currency, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 11, 2009

A UPS employee is accused of stealing 10,400 oxycodone pills that were supposed to be delivered to pharmacies, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 1, 2009

A UPS employee is accused of stealing 10,400 OxyCodone pills that were supposed to be delivered to pharmacies, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 30, 2009

A man and a woman are charged with felony drug trafficking after police said the two tried to sell 50 Oxycontin pills to an undercover officer in a Walgreens parking lot. ...more

April 25, 2009

Police have arrested a man accused of trying to rob a pharmacy by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the virus that causes AIDS. ...more

April 19, 2009

Two men drove from Manatee County to the Wal-Mart on Broad Street Wednesday on the belief they were going to illegally buy 150 grams of the painkiller oxycodone. ...more

April 18, 2009

Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a pharmacy Thursday by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the AIDS virus. ...more

April 17, 2009

Deputies say a woman threw a pair of scissors at her husband Tuesday, causing a bleeding wound on his ear. ...more

April 2, 2009