State lawmakers are looking at legislation to create stricter standards for the use of young people as confidential informants. ...more

December 30, 2008

Even though he had $2,300 cash on him, a Palmetto man tried to use funny money to pay for services at a strip club, and his scheme backfired, deputies say. ...more

December 15, 2008

James Morris was driving impaired the morning he fatally struck a man taking out garbage, authorities allege. ...more

December 13, 2008

The abundance of illegal marijuana grow houses has caused Glades Electric Cooperative to take action. ...more

December 8, 2008

In a Highlands Today article dated Nov. 20 "Evidence Problem Spoiled Highlands Court Cases" it was reported that grow-house marijuana evidence in the Jose Miguel Rosales case was lost because of improper storage while in the custody of the sheriff. This caused the state attorney's office to have to reduce the drug trafficking charges against Rosales on "what should have been a solid case." ...more

November 29, 2008

Two fake nuggets of crack cocaine netted a Tampa man a real drug charge, police said. ...more

November 22, 2008

Timothy Allen Hall wasn't far from home when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted his silver Buick speeding on Lake Drive on Tuesday, according to a report. ...more

November 20, 2008

Timothy Allen Hall wasn't far from home when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted his silver Buick speeding on Lake Drive on Tuesday, according to a report. ...more

November 19, 2008

Garrey Deon Gibson continued resisting arrest Tuesday night even after being zapped by a Taser, Hillsborough County deputies say. About 9:50 p.m. at Symmes Road and North Street in Gibsonton, deputies conducted a traffic stop on Gibson. They saw him put a green leafy substance into his mouth, and they believed it was marijuana. ...more

November 19, 2008

The annual Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey shows continuing declines in binge drinking, smoking - both tobacco and marijuana - and most other drug use. ...more

November 17, 2008