NEW PORT RICHEY -- In a two-day, street-level drug sweep, Pasco County deputies arrested 62 suspects on 170 charges, Sheriff Bob White announced today. ...more

November 24, 2009

Rep. Tom Rooney, please reconsider your last opportunity to support reform in the upcoming final House vote. I have a friend who has unbearable back pain and has been given powerful narcotics but no other treatment for it because she is not old enough for Medicare, is unsure of what her work record is and so is not eligible for SSDI (disability,) was helped to get on Medicaid but since it is share of cost she can neither see a doctor in his office nor be admitted to a hospital for any effective length of time. She has a hole in her esophagus and has been told to just "watch it." She can hardly swallow anything and has somehow not qualified for tests for this situation. The only way she can be seen in a medical setting is in the ER where they have to treat her but they count the minutes before they send he back out to bear her pain alone. ...more

November 15, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhoods and to promote public safety. Below is a list of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office between from Nov. 1 through 7, arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

November 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County vice and narcotics detectives have busted yet another "upscale" marijuana grow house, sheriff's office spokesman Kevin Doll said. ...more

November 7, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhoods and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office from Oct. 11 through 17, arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

October 24, 2009

When Brenda Breeden first read the announcement about the all-day Citizens Police Academy she shrugged it off. ...more

October 21, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - If the charges stick, marijuana grow houses have gone upscale. Pasco County Sheriff's Office vice and narcotics detectives raided four such houses Tuesday and say it is the first time they have discovered grow houses in homes of this caliber. ...more

October 14, 2009

Clearwater police on Monday night arrested a man they say sold an undercover officer 1,000 Diazepam tablets. ...more

October 6, 2009

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nine employees of American Airlines have been charged with participating in a smuggling ring that shipped cocaine from Puerto Rico's main airport aboard flights to the U.S. mainland, officials said Tuesday. ...more

September 15, 2009

Four people were arrested or detained after the driver of a vehicle ran from a Hardee County detective late Friday night. At Country Club Estates of Sebring, the driver bailed out, and was still at large Saturday. ...more

September 7, 2009