A Sebring woman is in jail after she reportedly tried to swing and kick at a deputy and spat on the officer while he responded to a trespass complaint Wednesday night on Lawrence Avenue in Sebring, according to a sheriff's office report. ...more

August 14, 2008

A Miami man was free Monday on $6,500 bail after being arrested during a traffic stop in which he was a passenger, and being charged as a convicted felon in possession of a gun. ...more

August 12, 2008

Luis E. Zavala told a person he was a law enforcement officer and demanded to see her driver's license Sunday night, deputies say. One problem: Zavala isn't a law enforcement officer. ...more

August 4, 2008

A 66-year-old registered sexual offender was behind bars Friday after police said he attempted to persuade a woman to let him have sex with her children. ...more

August 2, 2008

A 66-year-old registered sexual offender was behind bars Friday after attempting to persuade a woman to let him have sex with her children. Unfortunately for Richard John Hannon, of 5110 Sandpiper Road, New Port Richey, the woman he was communicating with online was an undercover investigator with the state Attorney General's CyberCrime Unit, the agency said in a statement. Hannon was being held in the Land O' Lakes Jail on Friday evening with bail set at $5,000. He was charged with soliciting a parent for unlawful sex acts with a child, a third-degree felony. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted. ...more

August 1, 2008

Rageive "Reggie" Chris Heaven, 23, of last known address: 3230 Carter Court, Sebring, (hasn't lived at address since November 2007) on a charge of failure to appear at sentencing for battery. ...more

July 28, 2008

Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, a nonprofit organization aimed at keeping the county free of litter, has started a pilot program in the Mango, Seffner and Thonotosassa areas called Trash Troopers. ...more

July 13, 2008

An area long targeted by litterbugs as an easy mark will soon have its own band of "Trash Troopers" ready to report anyone they see tossing debris from vehicles. ...more

July 12, 2008