An investigation into a Polk marijuana distribution ring has led to several arrests — including a law enforcement officer, who faces corruption charges — according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

August 13, 2008

Detective Ronnie Cooper walked around a sheriff's office conference room Thursday, pointing at light bulbs as long as his forearm and marijuana plants as high as his waist. ...more

August 8, 2008

A 4-month-old baby was discovered inside a marijuana grow house on Wednesday, an affidavit shows. ...more

August 7, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has announced 72 arrests and the dismantling of 65 marijuana grow houses in an operation called Indoor Outlaws. ...more

August 7, 2008

SEMINOLE - An injured person call led deputies to a house where they found a man covered with cuts in the front yard and a burned chair and nearly 100 marijuana plants inside the house, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 30, 2008

AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN, WOMAN ON DRUG CHARGES ...more

July 18, 2008

Drums filled with 211 marijuana plants were rolled into the back of a moving van Thursday after SWAT and a Hazmat team converged on a home in River Country, deputies said. ...more

July 18, 2008

WEEKI WACHEE - Drums filled with what appeared to be marijuana plants were rolled into the back of a moving van today after SWAT and a Hazmat team converged on a home in River Country. ...more

July 17, 2008

A search of a Tampa woman's home on Tuesday turned up 39 marijuana plants, more than 20 grams of dried marijuana and various equipment used to grow the plants, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA – Two men who changed their minds about testifying against their co-defendants were sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for their role in a 2006 Spring Hill marijuana growing operation. ...more

June 20, 2008