Pasco County Sheriff Bob White announced this morning he is disbanding the agency's air unit to cut annual operational costs by $600,000, much of which will be reallocated to put more patrol deputies on the streets. The department will return its four helicopters to the federal government surplus program that provided them and will advertise its airplane for sale on the Internet, he said. ...more

March 5, 2009

The crime only took a minute. The man walked into the Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union in Lakeland on Nov. 20 and handed the teller a note demanding money. The teller complied, and the robber walked out. He hasn't been caught. ...more

December 31, 2008

Welcome to bank robbery in the modern age. No guns a blazing. No elaborately choreographed heists. No dramatic car chases or shootouts. ...more

December 30, 2008

Police think 4-year-old Zineah Taylor Johnson was beaten with several objects covered with duct tape - including an electrical cord, a spatula and possibly a coat hanger - before her grandfather and her grandfather's girlfriend took her lifeless body to Northside Hospital in August. ...more

December 4, 2008

A former police officer who had been an FBI agent for less than two years was fatally shot Wednesday as he served a warrant at the home of an alleged cocaine dealer. ...more

November 19, 2008

To understand politics, one has to look backward to get a glimpse of the future. ...more

September 12, 2008

Much Too Compassionate I would like to congratulate all of the responsible taxpayers, homeowners and businesses who are going to bail out reckless mortgage companies, real estate speculators and home buyers who caused the mortgage crisis. Isn't it admirable that the federal government has decided to reward deplorable financial behavior for the greater good? ...more

August 5, 2008

It's no surprise Florida leads the nation in mortgage fraud. State regulators have allowed thousands of criminals to enter the mortgage business, scarcely lifting a finger to protect homebuyers from con artists. ...more

July 22, 2008

Police dogs such as Copper the bloodhound and Rob the German shepherd might look intimidating, but they didn't spook students at Marlowe Elementary in the least. ...more

November 15, 2007

When you think of bank safety, you likely think of bulletproof glass, dye packs and hidden buzzers underneath a teller's window. ...more

September 9, 2007