A couple remained in jail Monday after being arrested over the weekend on drug charges. ...more

November 26, 2008

A 50-year-old housekeeper suspected of stealing from elderly clients was arrested today after a sting in which marked bills were placed at a customer's home, Gulfport police said. ...more

November 20, 2008

A suspected shoplifter was arrested Tuesday with enough ill-gotten prescription pills in her purse to warrant a drug trafficking charge, a report shows. ...more

November 20, 2008

TAMPA After being arrested Wednesday on drug charges, Christopher Allen jumped out a police cruiser's window trying to escape, Tampa police say. He was caught after a two-block chase. About 1 a.m. Wednesday, Allen entered his father's home without permission and took cash and prescription drugs, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

November 13, 2008

Roberto Nieto Cruz, 27, of 3266 Horseshoe Drive, Avon Park, on a charge of violation of probation referencing grand theft of $300 or more, less than $5,000. ...more

November 8, 2008

SEBRING Three people remained in jail Thursday after their Wednesday arrest following the discovery of a meth lab. ...more

November 7, 2008

A 22-year-old used his 72-year-old grandfather as a shield when police tried to arrest him early Wednesday on charges that he choked his girlfriend, authorities said in an affidavit. ...more

November 6, 2008

A Temple Terrace woman filled several prescriptions for Oxycodone and a muscle relaxer by not telling doctors that she had received prior prescriptions for the drugs, Temple Terrace police say. Police arrested Vanessa Kunkle, 31, of Dade City, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

A Tampa man pulled over for an inoperable light had cocaine and Oxycodone in his possession, Hillsborough County deputies say. He is a pastor at Branchville Missionary Church in Georgia, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Jail Web site. ...more

October 13, 2008

A Pinellas County Jail inmate died Sunday after he complained of chest pains to deputies and medical staff, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 12, 2008