Lakeland Police are searching for two men who used counterfeit money to purchase liquor from Mojo's Liquor Store located on 1853 E Memorial Blvd. last Thursday. ...more

June 19, 2009

Pills, phony bills and bogus prescriptions were found today in the pockets of a Lakeland man accused of counterfeiting U.S. currency, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 11, 2009

A 22-year-old Tampa man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this morning to selling counterfeit money to an undercover Secret Service agent. ...more

January 22, 2009

Tampa police say they seized nearly 100 counterfeit $20 bills Sunday from a Davie man. ...more

January 5, 2009

An 18-year-old woman is being held on $4,000 bail today after trying to buy gold jewelry with fake $50 bills, police said. ...more

November 16, 2008

A Tampa man is accused of exchanging fake money for real cash and cocaine, affidavits say. Randall Izquierdo-Cardenas, 38, is charged with felony possession of counterfeit bills and felony cocaine trafficking. He was held at Orient Road Jail today without bail, jail records show. ...more

October 10, 2008

An alert manager at the Race Trac gas station wasn't fooled when sheriff's investigators say a Sebring youth tried to pass a phony $5 bill in early June to pay for a gallon of milk. ...more

August 23, 2008

No traffic stop is routine. It was 10:45 p.m. Tuesday when police officer Adam Willis stopped a white Mercury traveling 57 mph in a 45 mph zone at U.S. 27 North and Kingdom Way. ...more

August 8, 2008

When they are handed cash, many cashiers around Highlands County are now taking a long, hard and close-up look at the bills handed to them. ...more

July 22, 2008

Two men counterfeited U.S. currency and tried using it at a Miami Subs shop and another business, Tampa police say. ...more

November 12, 2007