There's nothing like a brisk walk to get invigorate the system, and once again an entire community is invited out for a group stroll to pump up support for the troops overseas and resistance to local street gangs. The second annual Freedom March will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Paul R. Smith Middle School, 1410 Sweetbriar Drive. ...more

February 14, 2009

TAMPA - Five members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida for sale to street gangs in Puerto Rico received prison sentences this morning ranging from one to four years. They join seven other members of the ring, who were sentenced last week to up to 14 years behind bars. One of the leaders of the ring, Melvin Omar Velez-Santos, 30, had his sentencing hearing postponed until next week. ...more

December 12, 2008

Any doubts about the need for Hillsborough County to smother budding gang activity should have been destroyed by the rampage that shut down Plant City last Friday. ...more

December 9, 2008

Seven members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida and sold them to street gangs in Puerto Rico have received prison sentences ranging from one to 14 years. ...more

December 5, 2008

Street gangs are doing their best to instill fear in area residents, New Port Richey Police Chief Martin Rickus said during an appearance last week before the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce. ...more

October 1, 2008

The leader of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida and sold them to street gangs in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty this morning to federal firearms crimes. ...more

September 10, 2008

More than 300 suspected gang members have been arrested in South Florida. ...more

August 7, 2008

Today, our minds are all taken up with the high price of gasoline and the rapidly rising price of food. Very little is mentioned about the deep concerns of a few months ago relative to Muslims and Islam. Even our president was trying to convince us that not all Muslims were bad, that it was a peaceful religion. This might be a true statement. However, Islam is not a religion or cult. It is a complete system of religious, legal, political and military components. The religious component is the "mask" or "cover" for the other components. When there are sufficient Muslims in a country, agitation for their religious rights begins and this is the start of the "Islamization" of that country. ...more

May 10, 2008

There is no denying that Florida has a gang problem. In the Tampa Bay area, there are approximately 120 gangs with more than 3,200 members operating within the region. ...more

May 7, 2008

While the mud thickens as the Democrats and Republicans go at each other to try to win the presidency, the Bush administration is moving in its last 11 months toward addressing one of the greatest of all domestic problems: the cold but savage slaughter and the enormous expense imposed upon this society by the street gangs that terrorize urban communities from coast to coast. ...more

February 5, 2008