SEBRING — As a former officer at the Avon Park Correctional Institution, Hector Velazquez Jr. dealt with violent, drug-addicted inmates on a daily basis. Now, because of an alleged eight-day cocaine fueled crime spree in 2005, Velazquez, of Sebring, will be behind bars. ...more

February 19, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Police were looking for anyone Monday with information that may help capture two armed men who held up the Wendy's restaurant on Saturday night. ...more

January 21, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Police investigating three armed robberies Sunday night came across the getaway vehicle and chased it until it wrecked, police say. ...more

January 14, 2008

The following armed robberies were reported in Highlands County between Friday and Monday night: ...more

January 8, 2008

Losing Value? So now we see that the prices of houses are coming down. To some, this apparently means their homes are losing value, or in other words, aren't worth as much now as they were a year or two ago. ...more

December 18, 2007

LARGO - Police arrested the wrong man in connection with a string of strong-armed robberies and three days later — on Thursday — found their suspect. ...more

November 16, 2007

TAMPA – Police are searching for a robber who used a hunting rifle to hold up his victims. ...more

November 8, 2007

PLANT CITY - A string of armed robberies, including the shooting of a migrant worker, led to a car chase that ended today with the arrests of five suspects. Two victims were struck in the head with a gun and one was shot in the thigh during an assault spree against more than six migrant workers, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Two of the suspects were injured, including one who suffered a broken leg when officers crashed into the suspects' Jeep Grand Cherokee near 1316 Alsobrook St. ...more

November 6, 2007

Fugitives beware. A new squad at the Florida Department of Corrections has helped to locate, and has aided in the arrest of, seven suspected prison fugitives - all within the past four weeks. Each of the seven had been on the lam for at least 20 years. ...more

November 6, 2007

Fugitives beware: A new squad at the Florida Department of Corrections has helped to locate, and has aided in the arrest of, seven suspected prison fugitives — all within the past four weeks. Each of the seven had been on the lam for at least 20 years. ...more

November 5, 2007