A videotape shown in court today appeared to show Andre Pierre-Charles implicating his older brother, Luc, in the 2006 killing of two Wesley Chapel High School students. ...more

March 12, 2009

A Highlands County jury began deliberating late Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of the trial of three people charged in a 2008 Avon Park New Year's Eve brawl that involved police officers. ...more

March 12, 2009

Motions to suppress a statement to law enforcement and a gunshot residue test were denied Wednesday in the case of a Sebring man charged with killing Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Nicholas Sottile. ...more

March 6, 2009

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will review its records after discovering a decade-old paperwork error that enabled a man convicted of felony DUI manslaughter to obtain a valid driver's license, officials said today. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man once named Hernando County's most wanted received a 15-year prison sentence on Monday for his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. ...more

March 4, 2009

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Vincent George Brown, indicted on charges of kidnapping and killing his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Johnson. ...more

March 3, 2009

A man once named Hernando County's most wanted received a 15-year prison sentence on Monday for his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. ...more

March 2, 2009

When Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. stands trial March 9 for the 2006 slayings of two Wesley Chapel teens, witnesses against him will include the man accused of killing a "person of interest" days after he helped investigators. ...more

February 28, 2009

A 17-year-old Orlando teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to charges he fled from police after a Tampa robbery in 2008 and smashed a car into two utility poles in St. Petersburg, killing his mother, who was a passenger. ...more

February 26, 2009

A 17-year-old Orlando teenager pleaded guilty this morning to charges he fled from police after a Tampa robbery last year and then smashed the car into two utility poles in St. Petersburg, killing his mother, who was riding as a passenger. ...more

February 25, 2009