Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib was charged this afternoon for striking a cab driver two months ago, the Pinellas County State Attorney's Office said. ...more

October 22, 2009

A grand jury is calling it murder. David McBurnett Jr., 19, was indicted for first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, Hunter Morris. The child, who suffered internal bleeding, a rib fracture and "numerous contusions," died in the hospital on Sept. 12. ...more

October 3, 2009

Joshua Lee Altersberger's case continues through the Polk County court system almost three months after he was formally sentenced to die and will next be back before Judge J. Michael Hunter on Dec. 12. ...more

October 2, 2009

Testimony continued Wednesday in the trial of a couple accused of defrauding an elderly woman out of her house and assets, although the alleged victim didn't take the stand as expected. ...more

September 17, 2009

A Jacksonville baby sitter faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 2-year-old child by beating her with a flyswatter. ...more

September 4, 2009

Lawyers said today that are close to hashing out a deal in the case of a Davis Islands teenager charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. ...more

September 2, 2009

A prosecutor has dropped a felony charge against Florida State receiver Richard Goodman that stemmed from a brawl in the student union last fall. ...more

July 30, 2009

A former band director pleaded guilty Thursday to a sexual relationship with a student. ...more

July 23, 2009

Current law says a former band director faces up to 45 years in prison for allegations that he engaged in sexual activity with a student. ...more

July 17, 2009

It will be until September before a new trial date will be set for Stephanie Ragusa. The former Davidsen Middle School teacher had been set to be tried Aug. 10 on charges of molesting two teenagers from the school. But defense attorney Robert Herce and Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters said today that there is still too much pretrial work remaining to meet that date. ...more

July 8, 2009