A Lake Placid woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond Wednesday, after sheriff's investigators say she became angry and threatened her stepdad with a pan of hot grease. ...more

August 29, 2008

A grand jury has formally indicted a man accused of killing his 81-year-old mother by beating her head with a remote control and holding her underwater in the family pool. ...more

August 29, 2008

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies are out in force tonight in Lealman as part of a crackdown targeting about 60 street-level drug dealers. ...more

August 27, 2008

A Naples man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $37,250 bond Tuesday after he was charged in connection with the burglary of two homes, hiding in a boat and theft of a golf cart. Scott M. MacDonald, 25, of 4180 Golden Gate Blvd., was booked on charges of two counts of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, burglary of a structure or conveyance, criminal mischief, third-degree theft of a vehicle, petty theft and resisting a law enforcement officer without violence. ...more

August 26, 2008

Profit, addiction fuel pill sales ...more

August 22, 2008

After Casey Weldon Till attacked a family Sunday night near Haines City, killing one person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, he went home and told his family what he had done, Polk County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

August 20, 2008

Prescription pill abuse killed three times more Floridians last year than an overdose of an illegal drug ...more

August 17, 2008

After a two-week investigation, Hillsborough County deputies arrested seven people on drug-related charges in a Gibsonton mobile home park Tuesday night. ...more

August 13, 2008

Deputy Bryan Schmick said he knew the area around the Villa Palm apartments had been inundated with drug dealers, but an investigation into drug use there yielded far more arrests than he thought. ...more

August 13, 2008

A drug investigation at Villa Palm apartments in recent weeks has led to 41 arrests and 138 total charges, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

August 12, 2008