Nick Bollea wants to move to California, according to a spokeswoman with the Florida Department of Corrections. ...more

December 30, 2008

A man hiding beneath a woman's motel room window early this morning turned out to be a registered sex offender on probation until 2015, police said. ...more

December 27, 2008

Wooden airplanes, trucks and rocking horses sit in a warehouse ready for delivery to hundreds of Polk County homes this holiday season. ...more

December 4, 2008

A judge ruled Thursday that a man suspected of fatally shooting his friend in the face is mentally incompetent to stand trial. ...more

November 21, 2008

Restoring money cut last year to prison education programs and increasing money to programs that would help prepare inmates to re-enter society are some of the top priorities for The Department of Corrections, the department's top official said Wednesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A 28-year-old Tarpon Springs man was arrested Thursday, accused of beating to death his roommate in September. ...more

October 18, 2008

A 28-year-old Tarpon Springs man was arrested Thursday, accused of beating to death his roommate in September. Nick Seriganis, of 209 N. Ring Ave., was arrested while already in jail on unrelated charges. On Wednesday, Pasco Circuit Judge Thane Covert signed a first-degree murder warrant, accusing Seriganis of killing Vincent "Vince" Santoro III on Sept. 15. ...more

October 17, 2008

A Florida man convicted of shooting two young sisters in the head after raping and shooting their mother was executed Tuesday after a nearly two-hour delay while authorities awaited final rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court. ...more

September 24, 2008

TAMPA Zackery Hicks, 42, needed a place to live after serving 14 years in prison on a robbery conviction. But, as a registered sex offender, Hicks wasn't allowed to live within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, public park, playground or bus stop. ...more

September 18, 2008

The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to retain access to one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation: broadcast television. ...more

September 5, 2008