Police and the Manatee County State Attorney's Office are investigating a shooting this afternoon that involved an officer and a 24-year-old man, authorities said. ...more

August 4, 2008

A former T-Mobile USA employee took more than $127,000 in metal from the company and sold it, pocketing the proceeds, Tampa police say. ...more

August 1, 2008

A sheriff's sergeant is on restricted duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation into accusations he slapped his ex-girlfriend. ...more

July 23, 2008

SEBRING - Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton fired road patrol deputy John Stock on Friday, after an internal investigation into a citizen complaint revealed he used a mobile computer in his patrol vehicle to run the driver's license information of people for non-law enforcement reasons. The complainant alleged Stock had made complaints on him to the Florida Department of Children and Families as well as to Highlands County Animal Control. ...more

July 14, 2008

An internal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general into the deaths of immigrants detained by the government has recommended better access to medical care, stronger oversight and general improvements in detention standards. But investigators in the limited probe commended officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that oversees immigrant detentions, for adhering to standards they are supposed to follow after detainees have died. ...more

July 3, 2008

SEBRING —A Highlands County Sheriff's internal investigation cleared one deputy of an accusation that she tipped off friends at Paul's Harbourside Restaurant and Lounge about a sheriff's undercover operation on Aug. 4, involving the sale of alcohol to minors. The sheriff's deputy was a trainee at the time of the undercover operation. While she was cleared of the accusation, she was later counseled about discussing an open investigation with others. ...more

June 25, 2008

A Polk County sheriff's deputy was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after he was found passed out behind the wheel of his personal vehicle early this morning, the sheriff's office said. ...more

June 15, 2008

Tim Donaghy is an admitted felon who disgraced himself and the game he supposedly loves. No doubt about any of that. It still doesn't mean he was lying when he told the feds he wasn't the only crooked official in the National Basketball Association. ...more

June 13, 2008

A local nonprofit housing group, seeking to distance itself from Hillsborough County's troubled Affordable Housing Office, will turn down a $300,000 grant from the office. ...more

June 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Family and community members gathered Wednesday night to remember a 17-year-old Gibbs High School student shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend. ...more

June 11, 2008