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

A deputy checking on a stranded motorist Monday came away with three grams of methamphetamine. ...more

August 18, 2009

An alligator capture has led to the arrests of some north Florida apartment tenants who forgot to hide their drugs, authorities say. ...more

August 5, 2009

Polk County detectives arrested a state Department of Corrections correctional officer Monday after she tried buying prescription narcotics from an undercover detective, deputies say. Deborah Frisina, 51, works at the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution. ...more

June 23, 2009