RIVERVIEW - A 49-year-old Riverview man faces charges he solicited sex online from a 13-year-old boy who was actually an undercover officer with the attorney general's office, according to a news release. Authorities from the attorney general's office say Arthur J. Passeri of 10815 Brickside Court engaged in a series of Internet conversations with a person he thought was a teenager but was actually a law-enforcement officer. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA – Joe Redner's daughter is in trouble again. She faces new charges of prostitution and criminal transmission of HIV after an early morning prostitution sting by Tampa police. ...more

May 27, 2008

An undercover narcotics sale led deputies to raid a Spring Hill drug house and seize two ounces of crack cocaine on Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Police arrested a man Tuesday who fled the day before from a prostitution sting at Robles Park. ...more

May 20, 2008

A woman helping Tallahassee police with a narcotics investigation has been found dead after a two-day search and two suspects are in custody. ...more

May 11, 2008

A man approached a tattooed undercover Tampa police officer straddling a bicycle inside North Boulevard Homes on Tuesday, offering $8 for one rock of crack cocaine. ...more

February 6, 2008

Tuesday marked the 20th year of operation for the Tampa Police Department's Quick Uniformed Attack on Drugs squad. The street-level initiative celebrated like any other workday: targeting drug users and dealers. ...more

February 5, 2008

The founder and operator of the controversial Horseshoe Creek Wildlife Sanctuary is in trouble again. Darryl Atkinson, 51, of Davenport, was arrested Friday on fraud charges. An undercover state wildlife officer, posing as someone who needed to work off community service hours, went to the sanctuary and asked Atkinson for work, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. ...more

February 2, 2008

An undercover officer successfully carried a simulated bomb past a federal security screener at Tampa International Airport on Friday, officials said - although the failure has led to "remedial training" instead of any major change in airport security. ...more

January 29, 2008

Actor Brad Renfro, whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in "The Client" but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead Tuesday in his home. He was 25. ...more

January 16, 2008