Last Friday, Pasco Sheriff Bob White dropped a surprise on the Pasco County Public Safety Coordinating Council, which brings together officials of county government, the court system, law enforcement, probation and mental health to work out issues related to the county's two jails. White said he is disbanding the Sheriff's Office unit that oversees criminal defendants whom judges have released from jail on their own recognizance. With the Pasco public sector strapped for cash, the Sheriff's Office wants to shift the money it has been spending on supervised ROR to other areas of its operations. The sheriff, however, should approach spending this savings with caution. ...more

March 25, 2009

Sheriff Bob White announced today he will phase out a unit that tracks court defendants before trials and reassign the unit's four deputies to patrol duty. ...more

March 20, 2009

The mother of a missing 3-year-old Orlando girl was expected to get out of jail this morning after posting $500,000 bail for the second time. ...more

September 5, 2008

ORLANDO — The mother of a missing toddler is getting out of jail again. ...more

September 4, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - An obscure film actor accused of rape is suing his accuser, saying the allegations cost his reputation, business contracts, a non-refundable $100,000 for a bail bond and a platinum membership to the Ritz-Carlton. ...more

July 29, 2008

By the time anyone noticed the toddler in the car Monday afternoon, he was soaked with sweat and appeared to have passed out, according to a city police report. ...more

July 16, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - By the time anyone noticed the baby in the car Monday afternoon, he was soaked with sweat and appeared to be passed out, according to a police report. ...more

July 15, 2008

A woman accused in nearly two dozen cases of identity theft and fraud, among other charges, is now suspected of similar crimes in Jackson County in the Panhandle. ...more

January 23, 2008

O.J. Simpson was taken into custody Friday in Florida and will spend several days in a Las Vegas jail before a judge hears allegations that he violated terms of his bail in an armed robbery case here, court officials said. ...more

January 12, 2008