Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Jim McDonough plans to step down from his post, state Rep. Dennis Ross has confirmed. ...more

January 9, 2008

TAMPA - Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Jim McDonough plans to step down from his post, state Rep. Dennis Ross has confirmed. ...more

January 9, 2008

Pinellas sheriff's detectives are crediting a high-tech fingerprint identification system and media coverage for the arrest of a man they believe burglarized an Oldsmar dry-cleaning business on Christmas Day. ...more

January 8, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A 24-year-old ex-convict driving a stolen van was killed Tuesday evening when the vehicle ran a stop sign and was T-boned, police said. ...more

January 2, 2008

More than 70 state prison inmates were moved to new facilities after a violent disturbance last week at a Panhandle prison in which five guards suffered minor injuries. ...more

December 30, 2007

Debra Lafave will have her next day in court Dec. 18 rather than Jan. 7. ...more

December 11, 2007

TAMPA - A man released from state prison last month after serving five years for armed robbery wound up in jail Sunday after police said he robbed a Shell gas station. ...more

December 10, 2007

Nearly two months after Kenny Love Washington's stabbing death, a third suspect has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. ...more

December 4, 2007

A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning after he barricaded himself in his home when a SWAT team went in with a warrant and found two loaded handguns, officials said. ...more

November 28, 2007

Fugitives beware. A new squad at the Florida Department of Corrections has helped to locate, and has aided in the arrest of, seven suspected prison fugitives - all within the past four weeks. Each of the seven had been on the lam for at least 20 years. ...more

November 6, 2007