Police have arrested a 42-year-old man who said the marijuana they found was for medicinal use. ...more

April 16, 2009

A two-month undercover operation has led investigators to about 1.1 pounds grams of cocaine and about 14 ounces of marijuana, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

April 6, 2009

A crumb of crack cocaine worth 20 cents landed a man in jail on Wednesday. ...more

April 2, 2009

Police say a 71-year-old Canadian woman has pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges after customs officials found 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) of marijuana hidden in her luggage at a Jamaican airport. ...more

April 1, 2009

The mother of Joshua Lee Altersberger described to jurors a family history of abuse and drugs, as the defense presented testimony in day two of the defendant's penalty trial. Altersberger pleaded guilty March 13 to shooting and killing Florida Highway Patrol trooper Nicholas Sottile during a Jan. 12, 2007 traffic stop in Highlands County. A jury was selected last week to hear testimony to help them make a sentencing recommendation. ...more

March 31, 2009

Two men have been arrested in connection to a March 9 drug bust in Palm Harbor where five warehouses were used as marijuana grow houses. ...more

March 26, 2009

A 48-year-old man was helicoptered from Sebring International Raceway Saturday morning after he fell from a pickup truck. ...more

March 21, 2009

Authorities are trying to figure out who dropped four 55-gallon trash bags filled with marijuana by the side of an Ocala road. ...more

March 15, 2009

Farrah Hernandez called Raymond Veluz her best friend. The two met while working at Westshore Pizza in March 2006 and became inseparable. It is hardly surprising, then, that Hernandez was one of the last people to see Veluz and Derek Pieper alive. ...more

March 14, 2009

Farrah Hernandez called Raymond Veluz her best friend. ...more

March 13, 2009