A man arrested Tuesday morning on petty theft and drug possession charges kicked out the rear window of a deputy's patrol car on the way to Orient Road Jail and escaped for a brief time, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. ...more

December 9, 2008

The following people were booked Friday, Dec. 5 through Sunday, Dec. 7 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 9, 2008

The following people were booked Thursday, Dec. 4 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 6, 2008

TAMPA A 25-year-old Tampa man sold cocaine to an agent of the Tampa Police Department during a drug operation Monday night near a Tampa church, police say. Sharron Gary was arrested about 7:40 p.m. on the sidewalk in front of 2906 N. 18th St. ...more

December 2, 2008

The following people were booked Wednesday, Nov. 26 through Sunday, Nov. 30 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Two suspected car thieves were arrested Thursday night after the car they were in, which was being chased by Pinellas County sheriff's deputies, crashed into a home in Gulfport. Joe Lewis Bradford, 20, of 4057 Ninth Ave. S., and Darryl D. Jenkins, 20, of 4702 15th Ave. S. were caught after they got out of the wrecked 2006 Saturn and ran, deputies said. They were tracked by dogs and arrested an hour and a half later within three blocks of the crash. ...more

November 28, 2008

A former inmate at the county jail is suing the facility three years after he was allegedly injured in a "heinous melee" over microwave use. ...more

November 26, 2008

AVON PARK Five people are facing a number of drug charges following their arrest Friday in a "reverse sting operation" orchestrated by deputies with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 20, 2008