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Two of three men alleged to have stolen prescription drugs from a pharmacy are in custody after police say they were able to track them down by following a trail of pill bottles. Deputies say the trio stormed a pharmacy early on New Years Day, armed and carrying bags...
A Nigerian man living in Southern California was sentenced to almost four years in Federal prison after pleading guilty to involvement in a scheme to defraud Medicare via sales of durable medical equipment (DME). Investigators say that he and two other defendants paid...
A Thonotosassa man suspected in a fatal shooting in Tampa last week was charged with the crime while already in jail on a drug arrest only a few minutes after the alleged killing. Tampa police say a local club was the site of a shooting on the afternoon of June 14....
A tip to Hillsborough County deputies regarding strange activity at a home in a gated community led to an arrest of a Tampa man on a raft of charges relating to illicit drug sales. Neighbors say the home had long been a hub of activity at all hours of the day and...
A local attorney was arrested last week by Polk County deputies after they say was involved in a cocaine-distribution operation. Deputies with the county's High Intensity Drug Trafficking task force say they arranged a deal to purchase up to 4 kilograms of cocaine for...
Inadvertently placing a phone call on a cell phone while it is in your pants pocket is colloquially known as "butt dialing." Butt dialing 9-1-1 is something to be avoided in most cases, as it is embarrassing and could potentially tie up resources needed for actual...
Colin Joseph Maloney of Valrico was arrested and charged last week with second-degree murder. Authorities claim Maloney killed his wife in their home back in March.Maloney allegedly called 911 on March 18 and told a dispatcher he had found his wife, Felicia,...
Six months after Tampa physician, Dr. Christina Paylan and her boyfriend, Joseph Abdo, were charged in state court for drug possession, the charges have now been dismissed.Last summer, police found syringes and empty boxes of Demerol in the trash outside Dr. Paylan's...
A Tampa federal court judge sentenced Leon J. Wood of St. Petersburg to twenty years in federal prison for drug and gun charges earlier this month. Wood pleaded guilty back in February to charges of conspiracy to possess 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana with...
Criminal defense attorneys for a Tampa medical clinic asked a Hillsborough judge to dismiss the drug case against the clinic's owners and physicians. They argue that 1st Medical Group was a high-volume pain clinic but that their practice was not illegal.Law...
