The parents of a woman killed during a drug sting gone wrong are suing the city of Tallahassee. ...more

December 30, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - With grow houses back in the headlines recently after a Zephyrhills bust, Sheriff Bob White explained some of the inner workings of how authorities prosecute such cases. ...more

December 28, 2008

Four Hillsborough County men were indicted today on a federal charge related to using a telephone to set up a murder. ...more

December 19, 2008

With a 2-year-old in his vehicle, a Clearwater man led police on a chase Wednesday evening after he attempted to buy drugs during an undercover narcotics operation, authorities say. Kevin Jefferson, 36, was charged with, among other things, child abuse and the attempted purchase of cocaine, said Elizabeth Watts, spokeswoman for Clearwater's public safety departments. ...more

December 18, 2008

With grow houses back in the headlines this week after a Zephyrhills bust, Sheriff Bob White explained some of the inner workings of how authorities prosecute such cases. ...more

December 13, 2008

Three more men have been arrested and extradited to the United States in an ongoing Tampa-based investigation that targets Colombian drug smugglers. ...more

December 11, 2008

Three bouncers tried selling about a kilogram of cocaine to investigators for $20,000, Hillsborough County deputies say. They were in possession of two loaded semi-automatic pistols when they were arrested about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at 223 9th St. N.E. in Ruskin, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

December 11, 2008

When Gregory Andre Belmer went to rob a home at 3303 North Lakeview Drive deputies say he brought along something unusual. ...more

December 7, 2008

A jury convicted pop singer Boy George Friday of falsely imprisoning a male escort. ...more

December 5, 2008

Federal authorities have charged Kevin Negus Patterson with trying to deliver six kilograms of cocaine from Broward County to Lunch Markinley Philentrope in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 18, 2008