TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad has been called out tonight to the scene of a Pinellas County house fire. Pinellas deputies received information "there may be dangerous substances inside the house, which could cause explosions," a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office release states. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - A 30-year-old Brandon businessman who pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit designer watches and purses was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - Michael L. Jones had 2,000 grams of cocaine and $17,900 inside his Riverview home when officers executed a search warrant there Tuesday afternoon, police say. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - Two Tampa men were part of an organization that worked to bring marijuana and thousands of grams of cocaine to Tampa for distribution, police say. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - Derek M. Gannotta showed up at The Rack in Tampa with 50 grams of cocaine, and he was arrested after he sold drugs to an undercover officer, police say. ...more

June 23, 2008

SEBRING — During a traffic stop Thursday afternoon a Highlands County Sheriff's Deputy smelled marijuana leading to the seizure of about 26 1/2 pounds of the illegal plant that was in the vehicle's trunk. ...more

June 20, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Pinellas County Jail employee was accused today of using more than one doctor to obtain prescriptions for hydrocodone that she was not entitled to, detectives said. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA A traffic stop in Collier County led investigators to discover a northern Hillsborough County marijuana grow operation, where they seized more than $850,000 in drugs, troopers say. ...more

June 6, 2008

SEBRING — Two Sebring men remained in Highlands County Jail on Tuesday in lieu of $136,500 bond each, after deputies raided their home at 6302 Apple Road. Hansel Cruz Vasallo, 22, and Danilo Marcelo Vasallo-Luis, 55, were charged with marijuana production, trafficking in marijuana in excess of 25 pounds and possession of narcotics equipment. The two men were inside when deputies entered the house. ...more

June 3, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested two Seffner men on drug charges on Wednesday after uncovering marijuana-growing operations at three properties, according to arrest reports. ...more

May 29, 2008