A federal judge jailed a Lutz man Wednesday without setting bail after a prosecutor expressed concern that he presents a danger to the community. ...more

January 31, 2008

TAMPA - A criminal complaint has been filed in federal court against a Lutz man accused of ramming a stolen boat into a Coast Guard vessel and trying to hit a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office vessel Saturday as Gasparilla festivities were winding down. ...more

January 30, 2008

TAMPA - Images of a stolen boat and the arrest of Lutz man who led the U.S Coast Guard and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on a chase after Gasparilla were released today. ...more

January 28, 2008

A Lutz man in a stolen boat rammed a Coast Guard vessel and tried to hit a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office vessel Saturday night as Gasparilla festivities were winding down, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 27, 2008

A Lutz man in a stolen boat rammed a U.S. Coast Guard vessel and tried to hit a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office vessel Saturday night as Gasparilla festivities were winding down, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 27, 2008

AVON PARK — "I remember when those lights went on, saying, 'Oh God, I'm going to jail.'" That's what Tom, age 27, of Avon Park, recalled after leaving a bar in Lakeland on April 23, 2006, and driving his Volkswagen Bug. Tom was pulled over by a Lakeland police officer for not having his running lights on. He only had three drinks, he said. "Those three drinks cost me about $485 each, no, it was a lot more than that," he said. "I spent 26 hours in jail. I received probation for a year and $2,500 in fines and another $45 per month for the probation." ...more

September 9, 2007