Hillsborough County parks officials have asked county attorneys to file a lawsuit against a former sheriff's deputy who has lived rent-free in a Brandon park and has not moved out since he was fired last year. ...more

November 3, 2009

Detectives arrested a Pinellas County detention deputy this morning while he was on duty and charged him with doctor shopping and prescription fraud. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Michael Bowman was arrested following an investigation that started in August after the department received information he was getting treatment from more than one doctor with the intent to get prescriptions for hydrocodone and oxycodone. ...more

November 3, 2009

At the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, an investigator occasionally goes into Internet chat rooms and poses as a teenage girl. ...more

November 1, 2009

When he was a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy, Michael Cartwright signed an agreement with the county allowing him to live in a mobile home at a Brandon park without paying rent. ...more

October 31, 2009

One of east Pasco County's oldest pending criminal cases was resolved Thursday when Michael Louis Berencsi pleaded guilty to manslaughter. ...more

October 30, 2009

Investigations into marijuana grow houses discovered and dismantled in Highlands County in 2007 took one step forward when authorities announced the arrest of four Miami suspects alleged to be the owners of the homes. ...more

October 28, 2009

A jury needed only an hour of deliberation to acquit a Hudson man of aggravated battery Monday night. ...more

October 28, 2009

A jury needed only an hour of deliberation to acquit a Hudson man of aggravated battery Monday night. ...more

October 27, 2009

Michael McAdams shot and killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend, then buried their bodies in a remote area of western Hernando County, Pasco County Sheriff Bob White announced Friday. ...more

October 24, 2009

With the city's crime rate plummeting the past six years - and the police department on pace for an 18 percent decrease this year - maintaining that trend could prove difficult. ...more

October 23, 2009