The DUI manslaughter case against Travis Kelton Hill III could go away next week when Judge Peter Estrada rules on a motion to suppress the blood alcohol test. ...more

August 23, 2008

A Lake Placid man was free Wednesday on $6,000 bail after he was stopped by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) after a low-speed chase. ...more

August 20, 2008

Losing or forgetting a wallet can be a real heartache having to replace documents and calling creditors, but when it is found and no effort is made to return it, and its cash contents are taken and those credit cards are used, it becomes a crime. ...more

August 15, 2008

Rageive "Reggie" Chris Heaven, 23, of last known address: 3230 Carter Court, Sebring, (hasn't lived at address since November 2007) on a charge of failure to appear at sentencing for battery. ...more

July 28, 2008

The driver in a fatal crash April 18 on Flare Road has been arrested and charged in the death of his girlfriend when the car he was driving west on Flare Road hit a tree at the intersection of Brunns Road. ...more

July 24, 2008

The following people were being sought by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office on active warrants as of Thursday, July 10. - ...more

July 15, 2008

SEBRING – A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $38,000 bond Monday after sheriff's deputies say he ran from the Florida Highway Patrol early Sunday, injured a deputy putting down spike strips, and was fired upon by a pursuing deputy. Timothy Allen Amann, 48, of 1126 Josephine Court, was booked on charges of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, fleeing attempting to elude a law enforcement officer with disregard to the safety of persons or property, resisting a law enforcement officer without violence, driving with a suspended driver's license, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) and refusal to submit to a DUI test. ...more

July 7, 2008

Michael Strahan had what he wanted - a Super Bowl championship to add to a resume featuring seven Pro Bowls and two sack records. Now it was time to leave football and leave the New York Giants after 15 years in the NFL. ...more

June 10, 2008

SEBRING — The trial date has been continued again for former Avon Park High School quarterback Travis "T.K." Hill, 18, who has been charged with DUI vehicular homicide. "Because there are so many complicated issues in this case, it's way too soon to tell when a trial will take place," Hill's attorney, Richard S. Pipkin said last year. "There are a number of things we have to take into account before we'll be ready – things like blood alcohol analysis and expert witnesses." Hill was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and negligent vehicular manslaughter after the Dec. 30, 2006 death of Kristin Marie Dessingue, 16, of Coconut Creek. She was a passenger in Hill's pickup truck when he lost control while traveling north on County Road 621. The Ford flipped several times, and both Hill and Dessingue were ejected. ...more

May 23, 2008

SEBRING — An Avon Park man was arrested by Sebring police after a concerned citizen flagged down a sheriff's deputy to report a hit-and-run driver in a white flat-bed truck weaving up U.S. 27 north. Highlands County deputy Dan Wilson reported that when he pulled over the truck, the driver –– identified as Ubaldo "Lalo" Davila, 55 –– and also known as Baldo Jesus Davila, Eduardo Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez and Lalo Davila staggered out. He did not have a Florida driver's license. The witness, who wished not to be identified, said Tuesday that he saw the truck coming his way, in his rearview mirror. The road was wet as it had just rained Monday morning. He saw the driver hit another vehicle and keep going, he said. ...more

May 21, 2008