Two paramedics from different agencies are facing felony cocaine possession charges after authorities found them with crack cocaine during traffic stops, records show. ...more

August 2, 2008

Two paramedics from different agencies are facing felony cocaine possession charges after authorities found them with crack cocaine during traffic stops, records show. ...more

August 1, 2008

Amy Winehouse was hospitalized Monday night for a reaction to medication but was expected to be released by morning, representatives for the Grammy-winning singer said. ...more

July 29, 2008

BRADENTON - Tulani Cooper was defiant even at the end, telling a sheriff's lieutenant Wednesday he did not shoot him during a drug raid at a house teeming with crack cocaine, guns and bundles of cash. ...more

July 24, 2008

The economy is tough on drug dealers too, investigators learned as part of a sweeping probe of two trafficking networks stretching from Texas and Georgia to Fort Myers and the Bay area. ...more

July 24, 2008

A five-month drug investigation targeting two drug-trafficking groups and four distribution cells throughout the state has culminated with nearly two dozen arrests this morning, officials said. Tampa and Plant City police, federal authorities and the sheriff's offices in Hillsborough, Pasco and Lee counties cooperated in the investigation. Forty-one people have been arrested. ...more

July 23, 2008

A nurse at the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution was arrested early this morning on charges of armed trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, Tampa police say. Oberdella Melvin, 46, was arrested at 12:25 a.m. A search warrant was executed at her home, 1105 Facet View Way in Valrico. ...more

July 23, 2008

Deputies arrested a woman on child neglect and drug charges because her 3-year-old son was sitting next to her in the car when she sold crack cocaine to a confidential informant, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 20, 2008

TAMPA - Police have charged a 70-year-old woman with three felony cocaine charges after finding her with a pill bottle containing 13 pieces of crack, an affidavit states. ...more

July 18, 2008

Reginald Faison was charged with the sale of imitation cocaine, a felony. He is being held at Orient Road Jail on $2,000 bail, according to jail records. ...more

July 17, 2008