An undercover detective was justified in using his firearm when he got into a gunbattle with one of three robbery suspects in April, a shooting review board ruled Monday. ...more

September 16, 2008 |

An undercover detective was justified in using his firearm when he got into a gun battle with one of three robbery suspects in April, a shooting review board ruled today. ...more

September 15, 2008 |

Two Sebring men were free on bail Wednesday, after sheriff's investigators say their fingerprints and palm prints were found inside of separate marijuana grow houses taken down in June and July by the sheriff's Special Investigations Unit. ...more

September 4, 2008 |

An Avon Couple remained in the Highlands County Jail on Friday after a sheriff's office raid at their 407 Alton Road home reportedly yielded a 4.5 gram stash of methamphetamine. ...more

August 24, 2008 |

LAKE PLACID – A well-known handcyclist and his wife were arrested Thursday morning after Highlands County Sheriff's Special Investigations Unit detectives say they served a search warrant on his Lake Placid home and found a large quantity of marijuana. ...more

July 3, 2008 |

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office could install up to 30 cameras this year to monitor criminal activity in the community west of the University of South Florida. ...more

January 19, 2008 |

SEBRING — Sheriff's detectives needed a keen sense of smell and sharp ears Wednesday to locate a marijuana growhouse operation, the 60th growhouse raided in the county since November 2006. A strong marijuana smell and the sound of growhouse electrical equipment led to the arrest of a Sebring man and woman in connection with the alleged operation at 8460 Tubbs Ranch Road, in Sebring, off of U.S. 98. ...more

December 14, 2007 |

SEBRING — Searchers at the county landfill looking for a baby that was tossed into the trash by a Lake Placid woman located a piece of bedding belonging to the residence, according to Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton on Friday. ...more

November 30, 2007 |

The man approached the wall and began to spray paint with abandon. ...more

November 22, 2007 |

SEBRING — Highlands County Det. Sgt. Sharon Glisson resigned Oct. 12 for medical reasons, during an internal investigation into how a florescent camping lantern vanished from a growhouse and one just like it ended up in her garage. The investigation by Sheriff's Lt. Gaspar "Gus" Garcia, which sustained allegations of theft and misconduct by Det. Lawrence Daniel Schneider, of the Avon Park Police Department, who is on loan to the sheriff's drug task force, cast a dark cloud on the last months of Glisson's nearly 20-year career. On Aug. 28, the Sheriff's Special Investigations Unit searched a growhouse at 3010 Cedora Terrace, in Sebring. Glisson was supervisor on the case. As the growhouse raid was winding down, Schneider claimed he saw Glisson come out of the house holding something, which he said she put outside by the front door. He shined his light on the object and saw it was a lantern. ...more

November 17, 2007 |