After he was arrested in connection with attacks on his parents-in-law, Alex Shevgert said he was afraid his father-in-law was going to have him killed, an FBI agent testified this morning. ...more

November 12, 2008

According to Frances Earl's column, now that Barack Obama has been elected president, all will be right with the world. The terrorists will stop attacking us. The world will love us. Jobs will come flooding back to the United States. Everyone will be able to buy a house, and everyone's child will be able to go to college. ...more

November 8, 2008

Larik Cholak testified today in the trial of Alex Shevgert, who is accused of orchestrating attacks on his in-laws in New York and Sarasota because they stopped giving him money after they funded a series of failed businesses and bought him a house. ...more

November 6, 2008

Galina Komissarchuk said she and her husband had been arguing with their daughter and son-in-law, when her daughter unexpectedly showed up at her parents' Sarasota house late at night. ...more

November 5, 2008

A jury was selected today in the case of a man accused of hiring people to repeatedly attack and try to kill his in-laws after they stopped giving him money. ...more

November 3, 2008

After being violently attacked two times, a fearful Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk asked their son-in-law, Alex Shevgert, if they could move into the home Shevgert shared with their daughter. The couple didn't realize that Shevgert had hired the attackers who had beaten the couple with a hammer, causing life-threatening injuries, court documents say. ...more

October 31, 2008

A man accused of being involved in a plot to kill a Sarasota couple pleaded guilty this afternoon in U.S. District Court. ...more

October 27, 2008

BOWLING Spring Hill bowler Phil Ciaccio captured the one award he had yet to earn in Florida with an 826 series. ...more

October 15, 2008

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September 26, 2008

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August 17, 2008