Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats held a news media photo opportunity Wednesday but he was not showing off any newly captured cache of illegal firearms or load of seized drugs. ...more

February 21, 2009

Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats is holding a news media photo opportunity this morning but he's not showing off any newly captured cache of illegal firearms or load of seized drugs. Instead, the county's top law enforcement officer is highlighting four closed housing units at the Pinellas Jail complex. ...more

February 18, 2009

In the hours after he killed the mother of his child, Vincent George Brown Jr. recorded an eerie greeting on his cell phone, attended a party in East Tampa and drove the car from whose trunk the woman had called 911 for help, police said today. ...more

January 9, 2009

Undercover deputies said they dismantled a marijuana grow house Thursday at 4375 Neff Lake Road. ...more

December 5, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is making several changes in how it runs its jail system, including the creation of crisis intervention teams, additional training in handling inmate grievances and clarifying use of force procedures for detention and patrol deputies. ...more

November 18, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is making several changes in how it runs its jail system, including the creation of crisis intervention teams, additional training in handling inmate grievances and clarifying use of force procedures for detention and patrol deputies. ...more

November 17, 2008

A county jail inmate was charged for reportedly breaking a sprinkler head in his cell, both on Monday and last Thursday. ...more

November 13, 2008

Students at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School began and closed their school day Tuesday the same way: with a prayer vigil for fellow student Alessandra Augello, one of two teenagers who died Monday night after a collision less than a mile from the school. ...more

November 12, 2008

Lt. Michael Farrier, who was suspended following the escape of a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate last month, has been reinstated to administrative duties, Col. Jim Previtera said today. ...more

November 11, 2008

A Pinellas County Jail inmate died Sunday after he complained of chest pains to deputies and medical staff, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 12, 2008