Detectives with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office are hearing multiple reports of scammers attempting to trick victims into buying gold and sending it to them via a courier.

A sting nabbed 14 people with five arrested on charges of attempting to perform electrical and plumbing work without proper licensing.

A man pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing homes from Hillsborough County homeowners along with his wife in a title fraud ...

BRADENTON, Fla. - Five unlicensed contractors were arrested by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The backstory: Working ...

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office recently worked with the county’s code enforcement agency to stop unlicensed contractors and ...

An investigative operation in Manatee County focused on workers’ compensation fraud and exposed unlicensed contractors ...