A 32-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested Wednesday night after he crashed into a deputy's marked cruiser and ran from the scene, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 18, 2009

Detectives arrested a Pinellas County detention deputy this morning while he was on duty and charged him with doctor shopping and prescription fraud. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Michael Bowman was arrested following an investigation that started in August after the department received information he was getting treatment from more than one doctor with the intent to get prescriptions for hydrocodone and oxycodone. ...more

November 3, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - If the charges stick, marijuana grow houses have gone upscale. Pasco County Sheriff's Office vice and narcotics detectives raided four such houses Tuesday and say it is the first time they have discovered grow houses in homes of this caliber. ...more

October 14, 2009

A husband and wife were arrested Wednesday evening after they brought their 1-year-old child with them to sell some oxycodone to undercover detectives in Largo, authorities say. Kesha and William Adkins of Clearwater were taken into custody at 3460 East Bay Drive after selling $500 worth of the painkiller, Largo police say. The couple are also accused of taking part in previous illegal transactions, police say. ...more

August 27, 2009

Polk County detectives arrested a state Department of Corrections correctional officer Monday after she tried buying prescription narcotics from an undercover detective, deputies say. Deborah Frisina, 51, works at the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution. ...more

June 23, 2009

Investigators from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration uncovered a cocaine "stash house" this morning, seizing roughly 3 kilograms of cocaine after a two-month investigation, officials said. ...more

May 22, 2009

A UPS employee is accused of stealing 10,400 oxycodone pills that were supposed to be delivered to pharmacies, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 1, 2009

A UPS employee is accused of stealing 10,400 OxyCodone pills that were supposed to be delivered to pharmacies, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 30, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies said they have charged five men with trafficking in more than 150 kilograms of cocaine, one of the sheriff's department's largest drug cases. ...more

April 23, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies say they seized about 105 pounds of marijuana from a home Monday and arrested four Tampa residents on drug-related and other charges. ...more

April 14, 2009