A sheriff's deputy whose workers' compensation claim was denied by a judge who questioned his veracity won reinstatement to the Pasco payroll Wednesday. ...more

May 29, 2008

Federal investigators are looking into allegations that several current and former employees of the county's affordable housing office formed a corporation that could compete for grants administered by the office and tried to steer business to a real estate company owned by a spouse of one of the employees. ...more

May 28, 2008

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is looking into the arrest of a blind Sebring man who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy, disarmed of his walking stick then Tasered twice and pepper sprayed for not listening while walking along County Road 17 South toward his home. Sheriff's General Counsel Mike Durham said Friday that the sheriff's Internal Affairs Lt. Gus Garcia has been made aware of the incident and the matter has been "entered into the I.A. system." "It needs a further review," Durham said, into use of force as well as the detention of Holland. An administrative review of the situation has been ordered. During the course of the administrative review, it could be determined that an internal investigation could be requested by Garcia into the deputy's actions. ...more

May 23, 2008

Police are searching for a felon who with another man beat a Tampa police officer early Monday during an undercover prostitution sting. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - Police are searching for a convicted felon who with another man beat a Tampa police officer early this morning during an undercover prostitution sting. ...more

May 19, 2008

A Lake Wales police detective was arrested late Thursday and accused of exchanging sexually charged text messages with a 16-year-old Lake Wales High School student working in the police cadet program, which he coordinated, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report. ...more

May 9, 2008

No criminal charges will be filed against two deputies who fatally shot a 25-year-old Spring Hill man last November. ...more

February 21, 2008

One Venice police officer has resigned and another has been cleared for their roles in an off-duty altercation at the Sarasota Ale House near Bee Ridge and Cattlemen roads in January. ...more

February 21, 2008

Bob Minnix is the latest of former Florida State athletic director Dave Hart's senior staff to leave in the aftermath of an academic cheating scandal that has triggered an overhaul within the department. Minnix, FSU's senior associate athletic director for compliance for 13 years, will become a senior associate AD at Washington State. ...more

February 20, 2008

A 33-year-old patient is accused of raping another patient in the behavioral health wing of Community Hospital, according to a police report. ...more

February 19, 2008