Police are looking for a 23-year-old woman in connection with a failed carjacking Monday in which the car's owner shot at her and a man investigators say also was involved. ...more

November 18, 2008

Law enforcement officials say they have a person of interest in the case of a Lake Placid man found dead Monday, the victim of a gunshot wound. ...more

November 7, 2008

LAKE PLACID The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Monday shooting in Lake Placid that is being worked as a homicide. ...more

November 5, 2008

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Monday shooting in Lake Placid that is being worked as a homicide. ...more

November 4, 2008

Sarasota police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday night in the 1800 block of 20th Street. ...more

October 16, 2008

A 46-year-old woman has been charged with driving-under-the-influence manslaughter after the man she struck Wednesday night while leaving a bar died today at a local hospital, Sarasota police say. ...more

October 16, 2008

I read the Oct. 8 Highlands Today article titled" Convictions Come In 75 Percent of Grow House Cases," which has left a bad taste in my mouth. This was obviously more smoke and mirrors from the sheriff's office and an attempt by Highlands Today to soften the story and the impact on the sheriff. The headline is very misleading. ...more

October 15, 2008

It was like a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. Several deputies - wearing bulletproof vests and helmets and carrying automatic weapons - ducked behind vehicles parked near the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and the county courthouse late Thursday morning. ...more

October 11, 2008

A man wanted by police in a Haines City rape case turned himself in Tuesday and was released today on bail. Hazell Stoudemire Jr., a registered sex offender, turned himself in at the Polk County Jail, Capt. Mervin Stewart said. He was charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and aggravated assault, all felonies, and battery, a misdemeanor. ...more

October 9, 2008

Deputies with the Highland County Sheriff's Office seized 70 cannabis plants, valued around $420,000, from a grow-house off Parkland Avenue in Lake Placid late Wednesday afternoon. ...more

October 8, 2008