An arraignment date has been set for an Avon Park police officer who authorities think injured a 20-month-old girl while the infant was in his care. ...more

April 7, 2009

Highlands County's population will grow by the more than a hundred thousand for the 57th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race, and that means area law enforcement will be devoting their efforts to keeping fans safe. ...more

March 14, 2009

A video camera was placed in an air vent in the electronic court reporting office of the Highlands County Courthouse to monitor suspicious activity of people coming into Room 309 at the courthouse, said Nick Sudzina, court administrator of the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court. ...more

February 3, 2009

An incident on July 6, when a sheriff's deputy fired his gun in defense of a fellow deputy who was injured when a driver swerved toward him, was ruled justified by an administrative review. ...more

September 13, 2008

The use of taser, pepper spray and physical force to detain and subdue a suspect who the arresting deputy later learned was legally blind was justified, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's Office administrative review. ...more

August 22, 2008

SEBRING - Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton fired road patrol deputy John Stock on Friday, after an internal investigation into a citizen complaint revealed he used a mobile computer in his patrol vehicle to run the driver's license information of people for non-law enforcement reasons. The complainant alleged Stock had made complaints on him to the Florida Department of Children and Families as well as to Highlands County Animal Control. ...more

July 14, 2008

SEBRING — While the details of the murder of Samuel M. Tiller, 82, in his home at 1610 Falcon Ave., remained closely guarded by Highlands County sheriff's detectives, they have turned to Heartland Crime Stoppers for fresh leads in the case. Tiller was shot dead inside his home on the morning of Nov. 24. ...more

December 8, 2007

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office and other local officials decided Thursday to call off the landfill search for a baby or fetus disposed of into the trash by a Lake Placid woman. ...more

December 6, 2007

LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid woman, who sheriff's detectives say threw her baby into the trash –– which led to a massive search at the county landfill –– was being held in the Highlands County Jail on a $150,000 bail Tuesday and for immigration authorities to pick her up. ...more

December 4, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Highlands County sheriff's detectives arrested a 24-year-old Lake Placid woman Tuesday who they say threw her baby away in a trash bag that has been the subject of a massive search at a county landfill, but the charges were unrelated. ...more

December 4, 2007