For two days,18-year-old Dakota Herrin took Pasco County sheriff's detectives on a wild goose chase looking for a body that instead eventually led to his arrest on a charge of filing a false report. ...more

November 19, 2009

It has been confirmed that the half-naked body of a little girl found in a trash dump was that of the missing 7-year-old, Somer Thompson. ...more

October 23, 2009

The following people were booked Tuesday, Sept. 8 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

September 10, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, July 30 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

August 1, 2009

The following people were booked March 30 into the Highlands County Jail: Penny Arlene Abel, 38, of 45 Observation Ave., Lake Placid, on a charge of theft of more than $300, but less than $5,000. ...more

April 2, 2009

A videotape shown in court today appeared to show Andre Pierre-Charles implicating his older brother, Luc, in the 2006 killing of two Wesley Chapel High School students. ...more

March 12, 2009

The man convicted of the 1966 killing of Highlands County citrus and cattle baron Charles Von Maxcy had his latest appeal denied Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

January 23, 2009

A Clearwater man was arrested Sunday night on charges he struck his girlfriend across the forehead with a samurai sword. ...more

January 19, 2009

The woman's story sounded like a nightmare: raped during 2007's Gasparilla festivities, then jailed once police discovered she was wanted on an outstanding warrant. ...more

January 15, 2009

TAMPA -- After more than a year of investigation, Tampa police can't find any evidence that a woman who reported she was raped during 2007's Gasparilla festivities was attacked, a report states. Police released the 52-page report today in response to a public records request. ...more

January 14, 2009