A security guard for the city's Parks and Recreation Department has been suspended without pay after police arrested him on a drug-trafficking charge, officials said. ...more

January 28, 2009

Pasco County deputies are seeking help locating a man who robbed a Wesley Chapel pharmacy Thursday. ...more

January 23, 2009

An investigation beginning with the sale of less than a gram of Oxycodone and Xanax two months ago has led to the arrest of a man Temple Terrace police say got more than 1,600 Oxycodone pills from doctors. ...more

January 21, 2009

Prescription drugs now kill more Floridians than heroin or cocaine, yet the state does not monitor the prescribing and dispensing of deadly painkillers, such as oxycodone. ...more

January 6, 2009

The following people were booked Monday, Dec. 22 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 25, 2008

A 32-year-old man is charged with robbery and trafficking in oxycodone after robbing a CVS Pharmacy in Oldsmar on Tuesday, authorities said. ...more

December 24, 2008

Two men accused of providing oxycodone to a 19-year-old babysitter who died after taking the pills were charged today with manslaughter, authorities say. ...more

December 22, 2008

A Tampa General Hospital nurse is accused of taking blank prescriptions and using them to get oxycodone from several local pharmacies. ...more

December 17, 2008

Pasco County detectives found nearly $1.5 million cash in a truck driven by a New Port Richey man wanted on federal drug charges, the sheriff's office said Thursday. ...more

December 12, 2008

Pasco County detectives found marijuana and nearly $1.5 million in cash in a truck driven by a man wanted on a federal arrest warrant, the sheriff's office said today. ...more

December 11, 2008