It was April 2007, and two Bear Stearns hedge funs run by Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin were piling up losses in the subprime mortgage market. The men were panicking over an internal report showing their funds were tanking. ...more

June 20, 2008

John Eugene Odom and Susan Marie Wallen, the Lakeland couple wanted in the slaying of two Lakeland men, were taken into custody Wednesday in Alabama, Polk County deputies say. ...more

June 19, 2008

A former Tampa police officer who failed to arrest a woman wanted by authorities must face a state commission to determine whether he will lose his law-enforcement certification, records show. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A former Tampa police officer who failed to arrest a woman on outstanding warrants after she exposed herself to him now must face a state commission to determine whether he will lose his law-enforcement certification, records show. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — Police who responded to a domestic battery in progress call reportedly found three female victims crying and cowering in a rear hallway of the victim's Sebring home. Police Officer Sean Bueford reported as he entered the home that he encountered Rogelio Pompa, 35, walking away from the women. He ordered Pompa to place his hands above his head, but he did not listen, the report stated. He unholstered his Taser and aimed it at Pompa, repeating the order, but Pompa did not respond. He tried to grab Pompa's arm but the man pulled away. ...more

June 3, 2008

SEBRING — In order to avoid a physical confrontation with a burglary suspect with blood on his hands, a sheriff's deputy Tasered him after he repeatedly told the suspect to get on the ground, but instead continued to walk toward him. ...more

May 29, 2008

She told him he was a bad husband, and things only got worse from there. ...more

May 28, 2008

AVON PARK — An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Friday after he was arrested on drug and traffic charges and reportedly trying to elude sheriff's deputies. Willie Lee Jones, 27, of 105 E. Wolf St., Avon Park, was booked Wednesday on charges of cocaine distribution, possession of narcotics equipment, obstruction of or resisting a law enforcement officer without violence, trafficking in opium or a derivative four grams to 30 grams and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. He was also charged with driving while driver's license suspended or revoked, criminal mischief, failure to appear on charges of knowingly driving while driver's license suspended or revoked and violation of restrictions placed on driver's license and on a charge of violation of probation for armed robbery. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa man who accused a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy of roughing him up late last year while he was trying to comfort his girlfriend has been charged with two counts of perjury and one count of making a false report to law enforcement. Robert Kehr-Orzechowski, 31, was arrested Friday at his home. ...more

May 19, 2008

TAMPA - Two young children and their 26-year-old mother were brutally slain in their Lutz home and Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were mum about specifics, saying only that the scene was grisly and wrenching and that no arrests had been made. ...more

May 12, 2008