The sheriff divides Hernando County into three districts which are further broken down into zones, based on population density. District 9 in District 3 shows calls handled by the sheriff in Brooksville, but not city police calls. The report shows where deputies were dispatched and does not necessarily mean arrests were made. Sex crimes, child abuse and neglect/exploitation of the elderly offenses are not listed in this report. ...more

December 3, 2009

Florida coach Urban Meyer has suspended junior defensive end Carlos Dunlap after Dunlap was arrested early Tuesday morning and booked on a charge of driving under the influence. ...more

December 1, 2009

The following people were being sought by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office on active warrants as of Thursday, Nov. 26. ...more

November 30, 2009

Polk County authorities say Stephen Horne will have to live with one of those choices in life that can't be undone yet changes everything. ...more

November 10, 2009

The kid who painted the floor of his bedroom with New York Yankees pinstripes should have spent Thursday glorying in his team's 27th World Series championship. ...more

November 6, 2009

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in Hillsborough County. ...more

October 28, 2009

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in the area. ...more

October 28, 2009

A Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge said today that Nick Bollea does not have to travel from California, where he now lives, to Florida in order to be deposed in a lawsuit filed against him after a wreck that left a friend with permanent brain damage. The guardian for the friend, John Graziano, is suing Bollea, along with Bollea's parents – famed former wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, and Linda Bollea. ...more

October 21, 2009

A jury took 20 minutes Tuesday to acquit a man accused of attempting to run over at least five people with his car. ...more

October 21, 2009

"Ten twenty-four, I've been shot. Ten twenty-four, I've been shot." The call was the second one Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Edward Finneran said he heard from Sgt. Nicholas Sottile on the afternoon of Jan. 12, 2007. ...more

March 30, 2009