A local man faces DUI charges after his arrest Thursday in the aftermath of a two-vehicle accident involving a Sebring police officer. ...more

January 10, 2009

A local man faces DUI charges after his arrest Thursday in the aftermath of a two-vehicle accident involving a Sebring police officer. Joshua R. Jones, 33, of Sebring, is charged with driving under the influence (DUI), two counts of DUI resulting in property damage and one count of failure to drive within a single lane. He was out of jail Friday morning on a $1,500 bond. ...more

January 9, 2009

Pinellas County Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the county's first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 2, 2009

Pinellas Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 1, 2009

Greater use of bullet-resistant vests and stun guns helped reduce police deaths in 2008 compared with the previous year, two law enforcement support groups report. The states with the most deaths were Texas with 14, followed by California with 12, then Florida and Pennsylvania with eight each. The figures, which covered deaths through Sunday, were reported by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Concerns of Police Survivors. ...more

December 30, 2008

A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy was hurt when her patrol car crashed tonight on Gunn Highway near Hampton Park Drive, authorities say. ...more

December 29, 2008

Four Tampa police officers consistently left work early without the knowledge of the department this year, according to an internal affairs investigation. Three veteran officers retired while under investigation for violation of agency policy. The fourth has been fired. ...more

December 18, 2008

A 40-year-old woman was seriously injured Sunday morning after she refused to pull over for Florida Highway Patrol troopers, lost control of her car and crashed into a hotel, authorities say. ...more

December 15, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for participating in a drug ring by using his patrol car and service weapon to rob a man he thought was a drug courier. ...more

December 13, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for participating in a drug ring by using his patrol car and service weapon to rob a man he thought was a drug courier. ...more

December 13, 2008