Man suspected of trafficking oxycodone

Submitted by Beau Zimmer, Reporter

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012, 7:45pm

Members of the Hardee County Drug Task Force have arrested Arlie Duane Dubberly, suspected of trafficking oxycodone.

Dubberly is charged with trafficking over 4 grams of oxycodone, possession of drugs without a prescription, using a motor vehicle to traffic oxycodone and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Shortly after a "controlled delivery" deputies say they were able to stop Dubberly where they recovered the pills and located additional drugs in the center console of his truck.

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Pair arrested in suspected drug trafficking stop

Submitted by Beau Zimmer, Reporter

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012, 11:37am

Pair arrested in suspected drug trafficking stop

Avon Park, Florida - A couple traveling through Avon Park are both facing serious drug trafficking charges after deputies in Avon Park stopped the two on US 27 last week.

Highlands County Sheriff's investigators say Jonathan DeJesus, 27, and Marilyn Calderon, 31, were both taken into custody charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to sell, trafficking of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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7th Annual Tractor Drive

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Sunday, February 12th, 2012, 8:17pm

Avon Park, FL -- The Florida Flywheelers are holding their 7th Annual Tractor Drive at the Avon Park Cutoff Road in Fort Meade on Feb. 22-25.

Come see how tractors have changed over the years and how they have made our lives easier. Watch a steam powered saw mill saw logs and produce lumber used to build many of the buildings at the Florida Flywheelers. See and taste ice cream made by an old popper style engine. Come down to the pulling track and watch old tractors compete against each other pulling the sled.

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Register for the Panther 5K Run/Walk

Submitted by Beau Zimmer, Reporter

Saturday, February 11th, 2012, 9:55am

Sebring, FL -- The 3rd annual South Florida Community College Panther 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Feb. 25 at the SFCC Highland Campus, Avon Park.

The SFCC Foundation, Inc. and Bill Jarrett Ford Mercury are sponsoring the event, and proceeds benefit the college's intercollegiate athletics programs.

The Panther 5K Run/Walk will take participants on a path through the beautiful SFCC Highlands Campus and along College Drive.

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Teen accused of killing grandmother back in Polk County

Submitted by Christopher Collette, Online Producer

Thursday, February 9th, 2012, 1:17pm

Teen accused of killing grandmother back in Polk County

Bartow, Florida -- The teenager accused of killing his grandmother by stabbing her to death is now in the Polk County Jail.

Highlands deputies arrested 19-year-old Jasper Smiddie on Wednesday, and he arrived in Bartow by transport vehicle just after 10 o'clock Thursday morning.

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Teen of murdered grandmother found in Sebring

Submitted by Christopher Collette, Online Producer

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012, 9:02pm

Sebring, Florida -- The Polk County teenager who sparked a manhunt after his grandmother was brutally murdered is now in police custody.

Highlands County Sheriff's deputies located 19-year-old Jasper Smiddie coming out of an abandoned home near the Sebring home of his girlfriend's parents on Wednesday morning.

With Smiddie was his 14-year-old friend and neighbor, Charlie Giem. Officials say Giem is cooperating with Polk detectives.

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Hardee Co. "drug round up" nets 15 suspects

Submitted by Beau Zimmer, Reporter

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012, 4:37pm

Wauchula, FL -- On Feb. 2 and 3, the Hardee County Drug Task Force and the Hardee County Sheriff's Office arrested 15 individuals in a countywide "Drug Round Up".

Photo Gallery: Drug Round Up mugs and charges

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