TAMPA A former Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy arrested in November on a driving under the influence charge violated the agency's code of conduct policies, according to an internal affairs investigation. ...more

February 2, 2009

Sebring Police released the statement on Wednesday that Commissioner Barbara Stewart typed and had notarized after she got into an argument Sept. 16 with Sheriff Susan Benton. According to Stewart, she was in her automobile and backing out when Benton's personal vehicle pulled behind her. "Thus, this auto prevented me from backing out of my space." ...more

September 24, 2008

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is announcing changes that will affect Florida drivers and department customers beginning Oct. 1. ...more

September 12, 2008

A Hillsborough County Fire Rescue driver-engineer and a driver whose keys he took away have different version of the confrontation that led to the firefighter having 51 staples in his leg to close a razor wound. ...more

August 27, 2008

A Hillsborough County Fire Rescue employee was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital today after someone attacked him with a box cutter, officials say in a written statement. ...more

August 26, 2008

An attorney for Hillsborough County Fire Chief William Nesmith filed notice Friday that Nesmith intends to sue the Pinellas sheriff after deputies arrested Nesmith in March. ...more

August 2, 2008

An attorney for Hillsborough County fire Chief William Nesmith filed notice today that Nesmith intends to sue the Pinellas sheriff after deputies arrested Nesmith in March. On March 1, Nesmith, 59, was arrested at his Indian Rocks Beach condominium and charged with domestic battery after his wife, Beverly, told deputies he threatened to kill her and then himself, an arrest report states. Deputies seized two guns found in his personal vehicle and a county-owned vehicle. ...more

August 1, 2008

If the city of Tampa is considering lay-offs to cope with reduced tax revenues, Mayor Pam Iorio should be willing to ask police officers who live outside Hillsborough County to pay for the gas they use when driving their take-home cruisers beyond the county line. ...more

July 17, 2008

A Polk County sheriff's deputy was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after he was found passed out behind the wheel of his personal vehicle early this morning, the sheriff's office said. ...more

June 15, 2008

LARGO - A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office detention deputy was booked into Pinellas County Jail this morning on charges of drunken driving, authorities say. ...more

February 22, 2008