LAKE PLACID — A Hialeah man was free Thursday on $5,500 bail after he was arrested and charged with operating a marijuana grow house operation at 320 Guymon Ave. N.W., in Placid Lakes. Raul Alain Santos-Gonzalez, 28, was booked into jail May 22, on charges of conspiracy to produce marijuana production and conspiracy to traffick in excess of 25 pounds of marijuana or 300 or more plants. "He was linked to numerous grow houses," said Sheriff's Capt. Randy LaBelle on Thursday. "The investigation is on-going." ...more

May 30, 2008

SEBRING — With 13 murder cases on his hands, Assistant State Attorney Steve Houchin is just running from one thing to another – his words. If it's not Joshua Altersberger, it's Leslie Lewis, Albert Stevens, Brandon Johns, Arthur Aul, Terrence Barnett, Leann Parker, Silvia Zanchez, Donald Henry, Edgar Otero, Joseph Graham, Gerald Sanders or Nicholas Mezie. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA - Two professional football players, Oakland's Fabian Washington and Denver's Andre Hall, were booked into Tampa Bay area jails over the past 24 hours. ...more

February 20, 2008

TAMPA - An internal affairs investigation is looking into a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate's complaint that Charlette Marshall-Jones, the detention deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair in January, also abused her last month. ...more

February 20, 2008

Hillsborough County Chief Deputy Jose Docobo rejects any comparison between two jail booking incidents that have landed his department in legal trouble - one showing a deputy dumping a man from a wheelchair in January and another showing a deputy pulling a woman to the floor and punching her in 2006. ...more

February 20, 2008

A quadriplegic man dumped from a wheelchair while being booked at Orient Road Jail does not expect to sue the sheriff's office, his attorney said. ...more

February 20, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Chief Deputy Jose Docobo rejects any comparison between two jail booking incidents that have landed his department in legal trouble – one showing a deputy dumping a man from a wheelchair in January and another showing a deputy pulling a woman to the floor and punching her in 2006. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA -- A quadriplegic dumped from a wheelchair while being booked at Orient Road Jail does not expect to sue the sheriff's office, his attorney said. ...more

February 19, 2008

Under fire worldwide for dumping a quadriplegic man out of a wheelchair, a veteran Hillsborough County detention deputy has quit. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA - Charlette Marshall-Jones, the detention deputy who dropped a quadriplegic man out of wheelchair last month, has resigned, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2008