TAMPA - A 19-year-old Valrico man had a bottle of Olde English beer, Xanax and a cutting tool with a razor blade in his possession when deputies saw him and another man sitting in a Ford sport utility vehicle in Valrico on Wednesday night, deputies say. ...more

July 3, 2008

ST. PETE BEACH - Authorities today announced the results of an investigation targeting drug dealers living in or operating from St. Pete Beach. ...more

June 24, 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

The best way to sanely experience the tunnel of an MRI machine is to keep your eyes closed. I did that for the longest time before curiosity got the best of me. I opened them for an instant, freaked out and shut them again quickly. The white wall of the machine seemed 2 inches from my face, even though it wasn't really that close. ...more

June 21, 2008

Regarding "Report: Ex-Buc Used Cocaine Before Death" (Metro, May 29): Another tragic overdose has been reported with "a narcotic pain reliever and cocaine." Let's teach your readers how this happens. ...more

June 1, 2008

WESLEY CHAPEL - A 5-year-old boy was walking along a busy road when a Pasco County sheriff's deputy picked him up and searched for more than an hour for his parents. ...more

May 27, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies charged three people on Wednesday with operating marijuana grow houses in Brandon and Thonotosassa, according to arrest documents. ...more

May 8, 2008

Deputies seized a combined 3 1/2 ounces of marijuana on Monday, including 29 grams from two students at Hernando High School. ...more

January 30, 2008

A 34-year-old Spring Hill man has been arrested in connection with a Christmas Day crash at U.S. 19 and Little Road that killed three people. ...more

January 19, 2008

CLEARWATER In gambling, the old adage is, the house always wins. Not this time, police say ...more

January 16, 2008