Capt. Mervin Stewart of the Haines City Police Department has been arrested and police Chief Morris West has resigned, according to the State Attorney's Office. ...more

November 13, 2008

Haines City Police Chief Morris West has been indicted on three counts of soliciting prostitutes late last year. ...more

October 25, 2008

Haines City Police Chief Morris West has been indicted on three counts of soliciting prostitutes in November and December. ...more

October 24, 2008

Tampa International Airport learned from Canada customs that Robert Christianson had warrants for his arrest and was traveling on a Delta flight, TIA police say. ...more

October 13, 2008

A police sting operation resulted in four men arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution late Saturday night and early this morning along Nebraska Avenue. ...more

October 5, 2008

A Tampa woman is accused of entering Westchase Elementary School while drunk on Monday, punching a woman and yelling profanities in the presence of children, according to an affidavit. ...more

September 30, 2008

OMAHA, Neb. - Ten children ranging in age from 1 to 17 were left at hospitals Wednesday under Nebraska's unique safe haven law, which allows caregivers to abandon not only infants but also teenagers without fear of prosecution. ...more

September 25, 2008

A Brandon woman was charged with felony child neglect after deputies learned she had been driving drunk with her children in the car, authorities said. ...more

September 24, 2008

A Brandon woman was charged with felony child neglect after deputies said they found her driving drunk with her children in the car. Jennifer Ruth Carter, 27, was held at the Falkenburg Road Jail today on $2,750 bail, records show. Carter also is charged with two misdemeanors: driving under the influence with property damage and driving with a suspended license. ...more

September 23, 2008

OMAHA, Neb. - Two boys ages 15 and 11 were left at Nebraska hospitals over the weekend, the first youngsters surrendered under the state's new safe-haven law that allows caregivers to abandon children and teens as well as infants, officials said. ...more

September 16, 2008