After leaving the scene of a crash, Jerome Lawson refused to be arrested easily this afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

November 21, 2008

A 20-year-old man wanted on warrants for violating probation struggled with deputies as he was arrested Monday night and was stunned a total of four times — twice with pepper spray and twice with a Taser, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 17, 2008

'Drug Pipe' Shatters Inside Uncomfortable Hiding Place SPRING HILL - Deputies took a man to the emergency room Wednesday after a glass pipe commonly used for smoking drugs reportedly broke inside the suspect's rectum. ...more

November 14, 2008

puties took a man to the emergency room Wednesday after he was injured by a glass pipe commonly used for smoking drugs. ...more

November 13, 2008

Nearly 11 years ago, a few minutes before sunrise on a March morning in a Haines City cemetery, Christopher Gamble and four friends took part in the slaying of a Haines City police officer. Gamble pleaded guilty for his role and testified against the others. Now a federal prosecutor wants a judge to reduce Gamble's sentence to 24 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. is scheduled to consider a motion Friday from Assistant U.S. Attorney James Muench. ...more

November 11, 2008

Steven Craig Wentworth, of 1712 Comanche Ave., Tampa, was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding, resisting arrest without violence and possession of drug paraphernalia. ...more

November 11, 2008

When a Hillsborough County sheriff's sergeant tried to pull over a 1994 Isuzu driven by Duane Linscott in east Tampa Sunday night, mayhem ensued. ...more

November 10, 2008

A public defender and her husband were out of jail Tuesday on a $1,500 and $2,000 bond, respectively, after being arrested Saturday on drug charges. ...more

November 4, 2008

A man arrested on burglary charges escaped from the back of a patrol car earlier today but was found this afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 27, 2008

At one point a few years ago, officers with the Avon Park Police Department were investigating a string of home burglaries. ...more

October 24, 2008