A federal judge has postponed an arraignment for a University of South Florida student accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

October 17, 2007

TAMPA - A federal judge has postponed an arraignment for a University of South Florida student accused of trying to help terrorists. Ahmed Mohamed's arraignment, which had been scheduled for Wednesday, now is set for Oct. 25, after the defendant's attorney, John Fitzgibbons, asked for more time to finalize his representation. ...more

October 16, 2007

Thomas Paul Ludlum, 42, of Lake Placid, entered a guilty plea Wednesday afternoon in the Highlands County Courthouse to counts of first-degree grand theft and the burglary of a structure for his 2006 New Year's Eve theft of a Highlands Independent Bank ATM. ...more

October 11, 2007

Still lacking legal counsel, Kristina Gaime is pressing her challenge of a plea deal that let her avoid a potential life prison term for killing one son and attempting to kill another. ...more

October 10, 2007

The man who tipped off police to sweltering, cramped conditions in a West Tampa boarding house also said the operator told him to falsify Medicaid, Medicare and food stamp records, according to a search warrant affidavit. ...more

October 9, 2007

During August's record-breaking heat, 18 elderly and disabled people, packed as many as six to a room, were rescued from the Daphne Jones Boarding Home. ...more

October 7, 2007

Less than three weeks before he is set to go on trial on tax evasion charges, actor Wesley Snipes has fired his high-powered legal team and hired a Milwaukee lawyer who has had his own brush with the IRS. ...more

October 5, 2007

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig lost a bid Thursday to withdraw his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting but defiantly vowed to finish his Senate term, prolonging a headache for GOP leaders facing a tough political climate. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - Less than three weeks before he is set to go on trial on tax evasion charges, actor Wesley Snipes has fired his high-powered legal team and hired a Milwaukee lawyer who has had his own brush with the IRS. ...more

October 4, 2007

The Egyptian government is negotiating to hire high-profile lawyer John Fitzgibbons to represent a University of South Florida student charged with trying to help terrorists, Fitzgibbons told a federal judge Wednesday. ...more

October 4, 2007