LAKELAND, Fla. - A familiar face to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, 53-year-old Jack Douglas O'Neill, Jr. of Lakeland, was ...

Florida authorities charged Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez with racketeering after he was arrested in connection with a sprawling criminal gambling operation in the Sunshine State.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — John P. Heekin has been sworn in as the 42nd United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “I am deeply honored to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — John Thrasher, a former Florida State University president and longtime state legislator, died on Friday. He was 81. Thrasher, who served as speaker of the Florida House ...

More than 100 undocumented immigrants were arrested at a major construction ... of teams from Immigration Customs Enforcement, Florida Highway Patrol, the Florida Department of Investigation ...

Florida police arrested more than two dozen people under a controversial new immigration law that makes it a crime to enter the state while undocumented — after a judge blocked the measure ...

Jeffrey Jung, 27, was arrested on Monday ... chief operations officer at Opportunity Community Ability Inc. in Central Florida, told WFTV that she felt "heartbroken for that student and their ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A man accused of stomping on a 13-year-old boy’s head and punching another for throwing Play-Doh in the streets has now been identified and arrested, Florida authorities ...

If he had not stepped down, his arrest could have triggered a thorough investigation, public hearing and judgement from the state’s highest court. The justices on the Florida Supreme Court are ...

Waronicki resigns judicial seat following April DUI arrest Since Waronicki resigned, he won’t be investigated by the Florida Judicial ... Seminole County Judge John Galluzzo with the 18th ...

Law enforcement authorities conducted a Florida worksite enforcement operation that resulted in the arrests of 33 people who were in the U.S. illegally, a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Or perhaps, more bluntly, as Florida's "Pot Daddy." But Personal Injury Attorney John Morgan might soon add another title to the list: candidate for governor. Morgan, the billionaire founder of ...