An investigation that began in part when police learned marijuana was stored in a Pinellas Park warehouse has led to a plea of guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. ...more

November 21, 2008

For the past several months I have been reading letters to the editor in the newspapers regarding Sheriff Susan Benton. I thought from the papers that the sheriff was "walking on water" in her job, by doing such a good job. But now I find she wants a new $12 million building. The Highlands County Commissioners have approved this request which had been ongoing for three to five years. ...more

October 12, 2008

A Michigan doctor who admitted he was paid to write more than 12,000 illicit prescriptions for more than 40,000 doses of the drug phentermine has been sentenced to 11 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. ...more

October 4, 2008

A Michigan doctor who admitted he was paid to write more than 12,000 illicit prescriptions for more than 40,000 doses of the drug phentermine has been sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, according to the U.S. attorney's office. ...more

October 3, 2008

A Bahamian national convicted of drug smuggling was sentenced today in a Tampa federal courtroom to 14 years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney's office said. ...more

August 26, 2008

Six crew members of a narcotics smuggling vessel encountered in the Caribbean this year as part of Operation Panama Express were sentenced this month to terms of imprisonment ranging from eight to 14 years, according to the U.S. attorney's office. ...more

August 21, 2008

The case, a federal appeals court said, "began like something out of a James Bond novel." ...more

August 21, 2008

The case, a federal appeals court said, "began like something out of a James Bond novel." The U.S. investigation of a British national that started with a proposal to sell a component for dirty bombs "morphed into an international drug conspiracy sting," the appeals court said. This week, the court overturned the drug conspiracy conviction of Christopher Benbow, 64, who was sentenced last year in Tampa to life in prison. ...more

August 20, 2008

TAMPA - A Bahamian national was sentenced in a Tampa federal courtroom today to concurrent sentences of 169 months in prison on two indictments involving cocaine trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. ...more

August 14, 2008

An investigation into a Polk County marijuana distribution ring has led to 19 arrests, including the arrest of a Lake Wales police officer, Polk County deputies say. ...more

August 14, 2008