A 39-year-old man tried selling counterfeit Coach, Prada and Gucci pocketbooks for $40 each, Tampa police say. The purses had manufacturer trademarks, designs, emblems and labels. ...more

November 3, 2009

Clearwater police on Monday night arrested a man they say sold an undercover officer 1,000 Diazepam tablets. ...more

October 6, 2009

A man and a woman are charged with felony drug trafficking after police said the two tried to sell 50 Oxycontin pills to an undercover officer in a Walgreens parking lot. ...more

April 25, 2009

Temple Terrace police have filed charges against a couple and their son accused of doctor-shopping during the past 18 months, obtaining prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone and Xanax pills and selling them on the street. Ricky Earl Herc, 62, and his wife, Terry Ann, 47, remained in the Orient Road Jail this morning. No bail was set. Their 21-year-old son was not around when the couple were arrested Thursday, but police did file charges against Jacob Herc, who lived at the family home at 12610 Nicole Lane. ...more

March 20, 2009

A man who tried to enter a woman's car under the guise of an undercover officer was arrested Monday. ...more

February 11, 2009

A man who tried to enter a woman's car under the guise of an undercover officer was arrested Monday. ...more

February 10, 2009

Rhett Hopkins refused to pay his $4 bar tab at O'Malley's bar in Sarasota because, he said, he was an undercover officer with the Tampa Police Department and worked on homeland security. ...more

February 2, 2009

James Seay's family vigorously defended the 18-year-old last week after his arrest in the shooting of a St. Petersburg undercover officer, but now one of his uncles is in trouble with the law, Gulfport police said. ...more

February 2, 2009

Deputies are searching for a man who tried to break into a car under the guise of an undercover officer. ...more

January 30, 2009

The police union in Pinellas County has responded to the Monday night shooting of a St. Petersburg police officer by asking the mayor to step up the war on crime – specifically, by loosening the policy dictating when officers can chase criminals in their squad cars. ...more

January 29, 2009