After the argument, sheriff's deputies say, Michael McAdams left his estranged wife's home on Palomino Lake Drive, but then changed his mind. ...more

October 24, 2009

A 30-year-old woman was charged with second-degree murder today after she shot her boyfriend, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 3, 2009

A North Carolina man charged with killing a Fort Hood soldier will soon be leaving the custody of Highlands County law enforcement. ...more

June 11, 2009

Polk County investigators are trying to identify a body found today near Davenport in Polk County. ...more

May 4, 2009

Polk County investigators have made arrests in two separate methamphetamine investigations. On Monday, detectives learned Richard Brewer, 33, was manufacturing methamphetamine at his Lakeland home, Polk County deputies say. Brewer, of 509 E. Main Street, already was on probation for manufacturing methamphetamine. ...more

February 24, 2009

A judge today delayed ruling on a wide-ranging gag order in the case of a Florida mom charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

November 25, 2008

A Brooksville man has been arrested in connection with a botched robbery in Shady Hills that ended in fatal gunfire. ...more

November 11, 2008

When John Beebe heard Lawrence Higgins had been killed, he was devastated. Beebe was friends with the Odessa horseman for at least 10 years. They knew each other from betting – Beebe works at a Maryland racetrack, and Higgins bet there. Beebe said he even had visited Higgins in Florida. ...more

October 22, 2008

The lack of an arrest in the slaying of horseman Lawrence Higgins In odessa has made things worrisome in his neighborhood, the gated community of Citrus Green II in Odessa. ...more

October 16, 2008

The slaying of prominent Odessa horseman Lawrence P. Higgins doesn't appear to have come as the result of a robbery, deputies said today. ...more

October 13, 2008