SEBRING — Photographs from an automated teller machine were used to identify a Sebring man and connect him to 10 car burglaries in the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring subdivision in September. Thomas Bernard Nelson, 18, of 5109 Sturgeon Ave., Sebring, was booked Thursday on charges of two counts of credit card thefts, five counts of grand theft $300 or more but less than $5,000, fraudulent use of a credit card more than two times in six months, 10 counts of burglary of a structure or conveyance while unarmed and three counts of petty theft. Sheriff's investigators prepared seven separate arrest reports listing the instances of car-fishing-type vehicle burglaries, they say, were committed between Sept. 19 and Sept. 20. ...more

February 11, 2008

AARP is offering free tax preparation to middle- and low-income taxpayers starting Friday. ...more

January 30, 2008

M&I Bank sponsored "ShredFest" in Brandon last week as local residents, organizations and businesses took advantage of the bank's invitation to safely dispose of sensitive documents to prevent identity theft. ...more

January 30, 2008

AARP is offering free tax preparation to middle- and low-income taxpayers starting Friday. ...more

January 30, 2008

A two-week long search for a discarded baby has culminated into an indictment Wednesday and more details into what happened. ...more

January 9, 2008

An undocumented worker applying for a driver's license raised a clerk's suspicion. ...more

December 27, 2007

A Tarpon Springs High School students received an in-class thank you from the Police Department for returning a wallet he found during a football game at Sponger Field. The wallet belonged to a fan of the visiting Clearwater Tornadoes. ...more

December 22, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG A 38-year-old woman staying at a friend's house was pistol-whipped this morning during a home invasion, police said. ...more

December 21, 2007

LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid woman, who sheriff's detectives say threw her baby into the trash –– which led to a massive search at the county landfill –– was being held in the Highlands County Jail on a $150,000 bail Tuesday and for immigration authorities to pick her up. ...more

December 4, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Highlands County sheriff's detectives arrested a 24-year-old Lake Placid woman Tuesday who they say threw her baby away in a trash bag that has been the subject of a massive search at a county landfill, but the charges were unrelated. ...more

December 4, 2007