Capt. Darrell Wilson, longtime member of the Plant City Police Department, was honored at Plant City Optimist Club's annual Respect for Law Banquet. ...more

May 12, 2008

A security firm that contracted with Miami-Dade Transit overbilled the agency more than $6 million for time its guards did not actually work, according to a county audit released Thursday. ...more

May 9, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY State budget cuts will impact Pasco County's Juvenile Assessment Center, law enforcement officials said today. ...more

May 2, 2008

Five Students at River Ridge High School give a multimedia presentation on safe driving by teens during school assemblies. One of the young organizers lost a brother in a 2006 auto crash. ...more

February 23, 2008

AVON PARK — The 27-year-old Avon Park woman who was allegedly attacked by Paul Dian Hamilton on Sunday remained in critical condition at a local trauma center as of Friday evening. According to Avon Park Police Department interim Police Chief Michael Rowan, the woman was set to undergo surgery on Friday in an attempt to repair nerve damage she suffered to her hands. Rowan said that doctors were unsure as to whether the victim will ever have full use of her hands following the attack. Rowan also said the woman suffered severe cuts to her head and chest. Law enforcement officials are searching for the weapon that Hamilton allegedly used during the attack, which Rowan described as a "machete-type instrument." ...more

February 16, 2008

SEBRING — The father of Dorothy "Dolly" Trevelyan confirmed Wednesday that she's the Sebring resident who died Tuesday as a result of injuries she sustained during a Saturday night ATV accident. Thornton Trevelyan, of 7203 Sparta Road, said that Dolly, 50, was involved in the accident at approximately 11 p.m., Saturday, while driving on Cherry Road near Sebring. ...more

February 13, 2008

The Bush administration announced Monday that it intends to bring capital murder charges against half a dozen men allegedly linked to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, based partly on information the men disclosed to FBI and military questioners without the use of coercive interrogation tactics. ...more

February 12, 2008

A Plant High School physics teacher was removed from class today after a student reported that he sent her inappropriate e-mail, Hillsborough County School District spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said. ...more

January 31, 2008

The FBI on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers. ...more

January 30, 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that Tampa-based Stinger Systems, which markets stun guns to law enforcement agencies, and its chief executive officer, Robert Gruder, misled investors about one of the company's products. ...more

January 30, 2008