NCAA lawyers say they'll appeal a judge's order to publicly release documents on academic cheating at Florida State. ...more

August 21, 2009

A man accused of fathering a son with a 13-year-old relative appeared in court this morning, and a judge heard that a delay in processing DNA and an uncooperative witness was holding up progress in the matter. ...more

August 18, 2009

A Wesley Chapel man who once stalked Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober may have planned to kill the prosecutor and made threats against judges. ...more

August 14, 2009

The man authorities call the serial "stinky rapist" was sentenced to three consecutive life terms today for the August 2007 rape of a 43-year-old nurse's aide. ...more

August 3, 2009

Setting a trial date is proving elusive in the case of Eric James Tate, accused of raping and fatally injuring his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter. ...more

July 31, 2009

A Polk County funeral home director charged with dumping human remains will remain in jail for now. ...more

July 10, 2009

A former Brandon minister was sentenced to seven years in prison today after pleading guilty to three counts of molesting a 12-year-old girl. ...more

July 9, 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

The 43-year-old nurse's aide was in the front row as prosecutors made their final arguments against the man accused of raping her on Aug. 18, 2007. ...more

June 19, 2009

Former Tampa Bay Rays baseball player Elijah Dukes could be jailed for 90 days if he fails to pay $39,767 in legal fees for his estranged wife, her attorney said Friday. ...more

May 30, 2009