Police in the South Carolina county where Michael Phelps was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe have been arresting people as they seek to make a case against the superstar swimmer, lawyers for two arrested people said Thursday. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Spring Hill woman was arrested Tuesday on charges that she locked a teenage boy in a bathroom for two years and beat him with a plank of wood. The 16-year-old managed to escape Monday and go to a neighbor's house for help. A responding deputy said he found the boy covered in bruises and cuts. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Spring Hill woman has been arrested on charges saying she locked a teenage boy in a bathroom for two years and beat him with a plank of wood. ...more

February 12, 2009

Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies said they shut down an illegal radio station Wednesday afternoon in Winter Haven. ...more

February 11, 2009

TAMPA — William Gomez and Christopher Serrano delivered more than 300 grams of cocaine to investigators, and Hillsborough County deputies also found five pounds of marijuana in Gomez's home, deputies say. The men were arrested. ...more

February 10, 2009

On Friday, Feb. 6, a search warrant was conducted at 3233 Baldwin St. in Spring Hill. ...more

February 9, 2009

A West Pasco man who is a convicted felon landed in jail again Thursday. He was discovered growing 97 marijuana plants, trafficking in prescription drugs and possessing 185 rounds of 9mm ammunition and is facing a variety of charges, according to the Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 30, 2009

A Poinciana man's business manufactured and distributed obscene material that might contain images of girls as young as 14, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 28, 2009

Citrus County sheriff's deputies seized $500,000 worth of marijuana from a Crystal River grow house Friday night and continue to look for two men who fled the scene. ...more

January 24, 2009

Annie Fonseca stole more than $25,000 in electricity while using a home to cultivate marijuana, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 22, 2009