Drug Offenses

A convenience store and gas station on Beal Parkway in Okaloosa County was the scene of an unexpected drug bust for a sheriff's deputy. He had been pumping gas when he noticed an unconscious man slumped behind the wheel at another gas pump. The vehicle's engine was...

According to news sources, a Florida woman who was charged with selling drugs to people from the back window of her mobile home had her bail set at $46,000. The woman reportedly asked the judge for a lower bail, but the judge denied her request.The woman lived in a...

Florida police carried out a number of arrests in West Volusia County on March 13, 2018, capturing 21 people wanted on drug charges. There are three warrants that remain outstanding. The arrests came as part of a 10-month investigation, Operation Heavyweight, into...

A series of raids in Florida led to the arrest of over 20 people on March 13, 2018, after they were accused of a number of drug crimes related to the distribution of heroin and fentanyl in Volusia County. Police said that the raids, which they labeled Operation...

On March 7, it was reported that a Florida woman was facing murder charges after she was accused of selling heroin that had been laced with fentanyl to a 31-year-old woman. The woman, aged 31, ended up overdosing and dying in October 2017.Polk County authorities who...

The nation's opiate epidemic is prevalent in Tampa, Florida, just as it is in other parts of the country. And with morphine-based painkillers more difficult to obtain, many of those addicted are switching to heroin and synthetic substances.A recent bust in a...

A 31-year-old woman attempted to hide under blankets when the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant on her home in Destin at 403 Azalea Drive. Also present during the search was a 65-year-old man. Law enforcement officers arrested them both after...

Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI served search warrants on four commercial locations in Pinellas County. The sheriff's office confirmed that the law enforcement raids resulted in the arrest of one man charged with trafficking fentanyl, a...

Florida has some of the harshest drug trafficking laws in the country. These laws were passed in the 1970s and 1980s to combat the activities of major drug cartels, but they have been criticized in recent years for sending first-time offenders to prison for decades...

Police in Florida say that a 22-year-old man was under the influence of narcotics when he called 911 to report a home invasion on the evening of Feb. 12. Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to the 11:00 p.m. call found no evidence to suggest that...