Nayshamish Hampton tried buying $1,200 in merchandise from Walmart using a counterfeit check, Plant City police say. ...more

February 6, 2009

A Lake Placid man was out on a $1,500 bond following his Sunday arrest on warrants charging fraud. ...more

February 6, 2009

Abolish Federal Reserve Act The Federal Reserve refers to the rate at which private banks borrow money from each other or from the Federal Reserve in order to meet their reserve requirements for making loans, set 10 cents in reserve for every dollar they loan. By lowering the rate to zero, the Feds are essentially handing out free money to bankers, saying: Take this bag of cash. Use it for loans or whatever you want, it doesn't matter what interest rate you charge; you're guaranteed a profit. The Feds are only interested in ensuring the future of the current system of debt - and the profits of its fellow private bankers. ...more

January 14, 2009

A Walton County sheriff's deputy charged with drug trafficking is the third to be fired by the department in recent days. ...more

January 11, 2009

Ronald Anthony Favorite, who investigators say used fake Tampa Electric Co. identification to get Hillsborough County residents to pay him their bills, has been arrested. ...more

January 8, 2009

Ronald Anthony Favorite used fake Tampa Electric Co. identification to get Hillsborough County residents to pay him their bills, investigators say. Favorite performed a fake audit of accounts of some people in the University Area from Dec. 17 through 31, according to Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay, which is offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to his arrest. ...more

January 6, 2009

Tampa police say they seized nearly 100 counterfeit $20 bills Sunday from a Davie man. ...more

January 5, 2009

A Tampa General Hospital nurse is accused of taking blank prescriptions and using them to get oxycodone from several local pharmacies. ...more

December 17, 2008

The following people were booked Thursday, Dec. 4 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 6, 2008

If buying a home is the biggest purchase a family makes, choosing the right real estate agent must be pretty important, too. ...more

November 29, 2008