A man lingering outside his rundown home flashed a badge in hopes of discouraging a deputy from questioning him. ...more

September 17, 2009

Another suspected member of the Valentine Bloods gang indicted on federal drug and gun charges has been arrested, authorities said. ...more

February 14, 2009

Another member of the Valentine Bloods gang indicted on federal drug and gun charges has been arrested, authorities said today. ...more

February 13, 2009

One of three members of the Valentine Bloods gang being sought on federal drug and gun charges is behind bars, authorities say. ...more

February 13, 2009

Polk County deputies have released a 911 call made from one of the people who found the body of a Haines City teenager this weekend. ...more

January 21, 2009

Polk County deputies have arrested the husband of the driver they say struck and killed a Haines City teenager Friday night. Rodney Clem Cummings was in the car with his wife, Candy Cummings, when the vehicle struck 17-year-old Samantha Hastings, sending her flying into a barbed wire fence, deputies said. ...more

January 19, 2009

Caylee's grandmother tells the Orange County Sheriff's Office that her daughter won't disclose Caylee's whereabouts. Upon questioning, Casey Anthony, Caylee's mother, says she has not seen the 2-year-old since June 9. ...more

December 12, 2008

July 15 – Casey Anthony, the mother of 2-year-old Caylee, tells the Orange County Sheriff's Office that her daughter has been missing since June 9. July 17 – Anthony is arrested on charges of child neglect and criminal obstruction after investigators find the mother has lied to them numerous times. ...more

December 11, 2008

A landlord and his two friends who were accused by a tenant on May 26 of entering his mobile home and beating him, had the charges against them dropped, according to the clerk of courts office on Thursday. ...more

October 26, 2008

The mother of a missing toddler did not respond by Tuesday to an offer that would have given her some protection from prosecution if she told investigators what she knows about her daughter's disappearance. ...more

September 3, 2008