A person close to Britney Spears says the singer has obtained a restraining order against former pal Osama "Sam" Lutfi and one-time boyfriend Adnan Ghalib. ...more

January 30, 2009

A federal judge has dismissed charges against a Lutz man accused of growing marijuana in his home, finding that state troopers illegally searched the home after a traffic stop. ...more

January 29, 2009

A convicted killer and sex offender from Manatee County was fatally shot in St. Petersburg last week. ...more

January 27, 2009

Debi Joy Olson freely admits she stalked her ex-husband across the country, then stabbed him to death last summer at a Davenport mall. ...more

January 26, 2009

For two years, Pasco detectives have searched for a fourth suspect in a rape case in which a woman was held at gunpoint and repeatedly assaulted for three days. ...more

January 23, 2009

A 41-year-old woman was arrested on a charge of bigamy Thursday, according to court records and police. ...more

January 23, 2009

A local man was found guilty this week by a Highlands County jury on two counts of sexual battery on a person less than 12 years of age. ...more

January 18, 2009

Steven Dillenbeck is being sued, but that didn't stop him from asking a circuit court judge to let the plaintiffs show up at his business with trucks earlier this month and haul away the equipment. ...more

January 15, 2009

The suspect in a shooting at a mobile home park has died, the sheriff's office said. ...more

January 15, 2009

A Feb. 2 arraignment date has been set for a Sebring man accused of stealing almost $125,000 from an area pawn shop. John Anthony Hernandez, 29, of 1209 South Canal Blvd., Sebring, was arrested Sunday on warrants charging grand theft of $100,000 or more, five counts of third-degree vehicular grand theft and one count each of dealing in stolen property, obtaining property of $50,000 or more and uttering a false instrument. ...more

January 13, 2009