Mark Eric Cresong, 23, of 1703 Rainbow Ave., Sebring, was arrested Friday and charged with retail theft of $300 or more, resisting an officer without violence and resisting property recovery. ...more

December 17, 2008

A 13-year-old boy was reportedly whipped with a belt for using too much air freshener. ...more

December 16, 2008

A traffic stop Sunday resulted in a felony drug charge for a Brooksville woman. ...more

December 9, 2008

SEBRING Vedah Lindsay is a stickler for making sure her possessions, whether at home or in her car, are always under "lock" and key. ...more

December 9, 2008

An Avon Park police officer was out of jail Wednesday on a $5,000 bond following his Tuesday arrest. ...more

December 4, 2008

For the second time in less than two weeks, an Avon Park police officer was arrested by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sebring field office. ...more

December 3, 2008

Authorities say a 24-year-old St. Petersburg man died after he fled during an attempted traffic stop and crashed into a tree. ...more

November 23, 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

Death penalty cases, by their very nature, are significantly different court proceedings than, say, a drug trafficking case. ...more

November 19, 2008

AVON PARK What started as a traffic stop for speeding ended with three men being arrested for allegedly trying to destroy cannabis evidence by eating it. ...more

November 7, 2008