Polk County deputies have concluded an 11-month crack cocaine trafficking investigation with charges against 60 people, some of whom have ties to violent crime, according to authorities. ...more

December 19, 2009

Crouched behind a wood pile, the disheveled man had a pistol, a revolver and a loaded magazine in his pockets. An assault rifle lay near his feet. A Taser probe dangled from his tangle of hair. ...more

December 9, 2009

Crouched behind a wood pile, the disheveled man had a pistol, a revolver and a loaded magazine in his pockets. An assault rifle lay near his feet. A Taser probe dangled from his tangle of hair. ...more

December 8, 2009

The sons of Holy Ground owner, Lisa Barabas-Henry have been indicted on federal drug charges. Lance Derek Barabas, 21, Larry Gene Barabas Jr., 25, and Landon Douglas Barabas, 23, were arrested Tuesday by federal agents on charges of trafficking and money laundering. ...more

October 30, 2009

Two more suspects were arrested Tuesday night on charges of mortgage fraud and grand theft stemming from the numerous grow houses discovered and dismantled in Highlands County in 2007. ...more

October 30, 2009

The sons of Holy Ground homeless shelter owner Lisa Barabas-Henry have been indicted on federal drug charges. ...more

October 30, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration uncovered a cocaine "stash house" Friday, seizing roughly 3 kilograms of the drug. ...more

May 23, 2009

Investigators from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration uncovered a cocaine "stash house" this morning, seizing roughly 3 kilograms of cocaine after a two-month investigation, officials said. ...more

May 22, 2009

Narcotics detectives this morning dismantled a marijuana-cultivation operation they uncovered in a string of small warehouses behind a Palm Harbor business plaza, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. Search warrants were executed at the five units behind the Four Seasons Plaza, 39070 U.S. 19 N., sheriff's officials said. ...more

March 9, 2009

A nuclear space power institute at the University of Florida has been raided by the FBI. University of Florida spokesman Steve Orlando says the FBI was in the office of professor Samim Anghaie, the Iranian-born director of the institute. ...more

February 25, 2009