AVON PARK — An Avon Park woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $1,500 bond Wednesday, after police charged her with punching and robbing her ex in the parking lot of the Hendricks Corner grocery store. Cara Anne Parnell, 31, of 906 Palmer Ave., was booked on charges of robbery and domestic violence battery (with a previous conviction for domestic battery). The 57-year-old victim, an Avon Park resident living at a different address, reported that at about 8 a.m. Saturday, he was parked along the west side of Hendricks and was standing at his driver's side door, when Parnell got out of a blue vehicle and walked up to him demanding money, the report stated. The victim refused and was punched in his neck. Parnell walked away, but returned demanding money again. He told her he wasn't giving her any, the report stated. ...more

May 28, 2008

Last week, organizers gathered to thank those who helped with a project three years in the making - to open a home for troubled teens. ...more

May 24, 2008

Last week, organizers gathered to thank those who helped with a project three years in the making - to open a home for troubled teens. ...more

May 24, 2008

KEYSTONE Last week, organizers gathered to thank those who helped with a project three years in the making – to open a home for troubled teens. ...more

May 21, 2008

TAMPA - Police are seeking the public's help in locating a man wanted in the Feb. 13 fatal shooting of another man in the Sulphur Springs area. ...more

February 22, 2008

TAMPA - An internal affairs investigation is looking into a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate's complaint that Charlette Marshall-Jones, the detention deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair in January, also abused her last month. ...more

February 20, 2008

SEBRING — An Orlando man allegedly told authorities he knew he was driving with a suspended license after he attempted to elude Highlands County Sheriff's deputies Sunday afternoon by traveling against traffic at a high rate of speed on U.S. 27. ...more

February 11, 2008

A Tampa man arrested Saturday night faces 58 charges and remains in Orient Road Jail today with bail set at $410,000. ...more

February 3, 2008

TAMPA - Police arrested two men after they found 175 ecstasy pills during a traffic stop Monday. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA A - Chicago man and a woman who was with him are in custody this morning after being arrested at Tampa International Airport with stolen credit cards and 99 fake driver's licenses, records show. ...more

January 28, 2008