LAKE PLACID A Lake Placid man was free on $1,500 bail Friday after he was stopped by Lake Placid Police for a defective brake light and it was discovered the Toyota Camry he was driving was stolen from West Palm Beach. Police also discovered marijuana hidden in a Barbasol shaving cream can with a false bottom, according to the arrest report. David Jonathan Adams, 20, of 1239 County Road 29, was charged with possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and grand theft auto. A rear male passenger seen fidgeting about where the shaving cream can was found was also arrested and charged with possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. A female passenger was not arrested. ...more

October 4, 2008

Two men were arrested this week, accused of stealing more than $11,600 worth of copper wire from a Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative New River substation in August. Timothy Andrew Davis, of 30404 Lynne Drive, already in jail on unrelated drug and grand theft auto charges, is now facing a new charge of grand theft. Pasco deputies say Davis, Jason Gregory Lanier, 27, and a third man who hasn't been arrested yet, stole the 1,037 feet of copper from a secured area that houses generators and transformers sometime between Aug. 14 and Aug. 18. ...more

September 17, 2008

Cool as ever on his first day in the major leagues, David Price figured he wouldn't have much trouble finding his way around during his first visit to the Big Apple. ...more

September 14, 2008

Detectives are still searching for the second of two suspects who robbed a couple at gunpoint on top of the Linda Pedersen Park watchtower late Sunday night. ...more

September 5, 2008

A 31-year-old man was arrested by Pasco County deputies Wednesday afternoon, accused of stealing a car, leading deputies on a chase and attempting to hit a deputy with the stolen vehicle. ...more

September 4, 2008

TAMPA Police broke up a home burglary today and, in the process, arrested three teenagers they say are linked to a string of burglaries and car thefts. ...more

August 30, 2008

Arrest warrants were issued today for a tow truck operator accused of taking parked vehicles and selling them for scrap, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 27, 2008

Police were investigating Monday the carjacking of a 1996 Dodge pickup truck belonging to a Miami man, who picked up a hitchhiker at about 11 p.m. Sunday at the RaceTrac gas station, located south of the city. ...more

August 5, 2008

So one free spirit with Pasco connections nabs an installment on "The Colbert Report," securing his promised 15 minutes of fame, and now everybody wants into the act. ...more

July 13, 2008

TAMPA - Clyde Jerome Lewis and another man entered a hotel room without permission and forced a woman inside to perform a sex act on each of them while they held a man at gunpoint, Tampa police say. ...more

July 11, 2008