NEW PORT RICHEY -- In a two-day, street-level drug sweep, Pasco County deputies arrested 62 suspects on 170 charges, Sheriff Bob White announced today. ...more

November 24, 2009

A dozen people have been arrested, and 33 pounds of heroin worth $30 million and stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys has been seized in a drug bust in the Bronx. ...more

July 4, 2009

A New York woman has been charged with distributing heroin, eventually resulting in the death of a Lakeland man, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. ...more

June 19, 2009

Socialism is the blanket that covers the mattress of communism. Fascism is the headboard and Humanism is the foundation. ...more

April 25, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies say heroin sales have picked up near 15th Street, south of 131st Avenue. ...more

January 22, 2009

Prescription drugs now kill more Floridians than heroin or cocaine, yet the state does not monitor the prescribing and dispensing of deadly painkillers, such as oxycodone. ...more

January 6, 2009

Seven members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida and sold them to street gangs in Puerto Rico have received prison sentences ranging from one to 14 years. ...more

December 5, 2008

TAMPA Police arrested 34-year-old Andres Trujillo on Thursday night, accusing him of breaking into the home of a man who owed the defendant money and choking him. Then, police said, they found three stolen items at Trujillo's home. Trujillo, of 7316 N. Dartmouth St., was initially charged shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday. Police say Trujillo forced his way into the home of a man who owed him money. He choked the unidentified victim and shoved him against a counter, leaving a red welt across his lower back, they say. ...more

December 5, 2008

Investigators have broken up a Tampa-based drug trafficking organization responsible for the sale of up to 17.5 ounces of heroin a week, Tampa police say. ...more

December 2, 2008

A Summerfield Crossings Elementary School teacher has been charged with possession and delivery of heroin and crack cocaine, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 14, 2008