Gopher tortoise apparently on the menu ...more

September 8, 2008

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office credits the cooperative work of the Sebring and Avon Park police departments, the Orange County Sheriff's Office and Highlands County sheriff's detectives with the take down of what it has labeled a "burglary and robbery ring". In a news release, the sheriff's office states the three members arrested are responsible for crimes in multiple jurisdictions. ...more

September 8, 2008

A joint task force of police agencies that included Tarpon Springs police and the Pinellas County sheriff's detectives shut down nine alleged marijuana grow houses in Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor and Dunedin and elsewhere in the county. ...more

August 22, 2008

Pinellas sheriff's detectives are making a wide sweep across the county of people operating marijuana grow houses. ...more

August 21, 2008

Deputy Bryan Schmick said he knew the area around the Villa Palm apartments had been inundated with drug dealers, but an investigation into drug use there yielded far more arrests than he thought. ...more

August 13, 2008

A drug investigation at Villa Palm apartments in recent weeks has led to 41 arrests and 138 total charges, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

August 12, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Sheriff's detectives say they had arrested two people in connection with several burglaries dating back to August 2007. ...more

July 8, 2008

Search warrants unsealed Friday describe what may have been the final terrifying moments in the life of a promising college student: Kidnapped after choosing to stay home and study, taken in her own vehicle to be robbed at an ATM, and shot multiple times. ...more

June 28, 2008

Florida is broadening its law enforcement efforts to slow down the increasing number of gangs roaming Florida streets and neighborhoods, Attorney General Bill McCollum said Tuesday. ...more

June 25, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY Three text messages sent from a former substitute teacher to the 17-year-old student she's accused of having sex with surfaced in court documents today. ...more

June 5, 2008