A Citrus County man was arrested in Georgia last night on a charge that he killed his mother and dumped the body on a road in Hernando County. ...more

June 14, 2008

Charges have been dropped against three of the eight teenagers accused of attacking a 16-year-old girl in Lakeland in March and recording the incident. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA -- Charges have been dropped against three of the eight teenagers accused of attacking a 16-year-old girl in Polk County and recording the incident. Charges were dropped against both boys accused in the incident, Stephen Thomas Schumaker and Zachary Ashley, as well as Cara Murphy, Polk County State Attorney's Office spokesman Chip Thullbery said ...more

June 13, 2008

SEBRING — A Tampa woman was cleared Monday of charges of mailing cocaine to a jailed significant other and smuggling contraband into a jail due to insufficient evidence. Gentra Maria Taylor, 39, of 8603 N. 39th St.–– formerly of 1002 Lake Anoka Blvd., Avon Park ––was accused by sheriff's investigators of sending letters containing packages of cocaine to inmate Detrick D. McGriff, 41. McGriff was arrested on Dec. 4, on a charge of violation of probation for possession of cocaine. The jail received the cocaine-laced letter and a second letter April 17. Authorities arrested Taylor April 24. ...more

June 5, 2008

The Florida Elections Commission has dismissed all but one count of an eight-count complaint against two members of a now-defunct political action committee, accused of violating state laws in the run-up to the 2006 municipal elections. ...more

June 3, 2008

SEBRING — The attorney for a Moore Haven correctional officer announced Thursday that the case against his client in the shooting of her pit-bull dog in late March, was dropped by the state's attorney's office. The charge was dropped on April 15 and the attorney received notice on April 24, according to information received from the court. Dawn Marie Thomas, 31, of Sebring, was arrested by Highlands County sheriff's deputies on March 25, and charged with causing cruel death, pain or suffering to an animal, after sheriff's investigators said she shot and killed her pit bull dog in its cage after it started to show aggressive tendencies. Had the case been brought forward, the charge would have been a third-degree felony. ...more

May 30, 2008

Two members of a now-defunct political action committee are expected to appear before the Florida Elections Commission next Thursday to face charges that they violated numerous state laws in the run-up to the 2006 municipal elections. ...more

May 10, 2008

SEBRING — Details into the Avon Park attempted murder investigation for suspect Paul Dion Hamilton were released Monday by authorities. According to a probable cause narrative provided by the Avon Park Police Department, Hamilton reportedly attacked a female victim and mother of his child, age 27, on Feb. 10, with a machete after a verbal argument. ...more

February 19, 2008

Christopher Holder said he was just rapping, but now he's got a rap sheet. ...more

February 7, 2008

BROOKSVILLE Christopher Holder said he was just rapping, but now he's got a rap sheet. The Hernando County teenager acknowledged he repeated a sexual expletive several times near a woman and her children prior to his misdemeanor arrest Sunday, deputies say. He told them he merely was parroting a rap song. ...more

February 6, 2008