What is Highlands County drug abusers' poison of choice? According to Capt. Randy LaBelle, with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), it's prescription medications. ...more

October 21, 2009

Heavy on direct and light on metaphors means two years in state prison for a man who recorded a rap song in which he threatened to kill two police officers. ...more

July 30, 2009

A Port Charlotte woman who is nearly eight months pregnant has been charged with possession of oxycodone and drug paraphernalia. ...more

July 10, 2009

Investigators from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration uncovered a cocaine "stash house" this morning, seizing roughly 3 kilograms of cocaine after a two-month investigation, officials said. ...more

May 22, 2009

After-hours surveillance inside a Subway sandwich shop netted an arrest early Thursday - a 23-year-old man suspected of two previous burglaries at the restaurant. Zephyrhills Police Department detectives were inside the sandwich shop at 5406 Gall Blvd., when, at 1:47 a.m., Robert O'Neal Patterson used a hammer to break a window and enter, according to the report. ...more

April 23, 2009

Bail for a suspected drug trafficker from Winter Haven was set at $1 million Thursday night. The arrest of Shawn Contrell Williams, 40, culminated a two-month investigation, authorities said. ...more

April 3, 2009

An Orlando man remained in jail Monday on a $35,000 bond after leading police on a Sunday chase through both the streets and neighborhoods of Avon Park. ...more

March 24, 2009

The following people were booked Friday, March 20 through Sunday, March 22 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

March 24, 2009

Ten east Pasco County residents were arrested Thursday on drug charges stemming from a lengthy undercover investigation by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Charges against some of the seven men and three women include possession and trafficking in assorted drugs, ranging from marijuana and cocaine to oxycodone. ...more

March 20, 2009

The following people were booked Tuesday, March 17 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

March 20, 2009