Moving the sheriff's office to the Restoration Church, or any other location outside the city, is a big mistake. To move the department it will continually add more expenditure of time and money to travel to the courthouse as well as create a security risk in moving prisoners. Instead, convert the Sebring Middle School into a sheriff's office where ample parking is already available. Classrooms would provide space for personnel departments while the principal's office could be used for Sheriff Benton and additional jail space could be added to the gym. ...more

May 2, 2009

Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. ...more

January 19, 2009

A federal judge ordered the Bush administration today to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States, rebuking the government in a landmark decision that could set the stage for the release of dozens other prisoners in Cuba. ...more

October 7, 2008

The newest evidence revealed in the case against former University of South Florida student Ahmed Mohamed is positively frightening. ...more

November 27, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A jail inmate awaiting trial on suspicion of first-degree murder and aggravated battery now has another charge to fight: introducing contraband into a correctional facility. ...more

October 19, 2007