It was a case that threatened to unseat Highlands County's top law enforcement officer: 33 pieces of evidence had been lost, according to an April report. ...more

December 31, 2008

On Jan. 5, Alberto Perez will be arraigned on an extortion charge. Then, on Feb. 18, Adam Willis has a pretrial conference set. ...more

December 31, 2008

A Clearwater man has filed an ethics complaint against state House Speaker Ray Sansom in response to media reports that he may have traded state appropriations for a cozy academic job. ...more

December 30, 2008

A Clearwater man has filed an ethics complaint against state House Speaker Ray Sansom in response to media reports that he may have traded state appropriations for a cozy academic job. ...more

December 29, 2008

A new report issued by criminologists at Northeastern University in Boston finds a "dramatic surge" in homicides involving black juveniles and guns — but leaves Florida and Washington, D.C., out of the analysis. ...more

December 29, 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

Fingerprints found after a violent convenience store robbery in Gulfport may help police. ...more

December 24, 2008

Four Hillsborough County men were indicted today on a federal charge related to using a telephone to set up a murder. ...more

December 19, 2008

More than two weeks after a small plane carrying two people crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off Homosassa, a second body has been recovered. ...more

December 19, 2008

A jury has acquitted Amos Mequel Busby of charges he grabbed a woman off a South Tampa street and beat and raped her for three hours, even though DNA testimony linked him to the woman. ...more

December 18, 2008