The shooting death of Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Nicholas Sottile on Jan. 12, 2007, "still doesn't seem real" to his brother, Jimmy. ...more

January 11, 2009

A local man charged with battery and animal cruelty in reference to the beating of a Sebring woman has his case on the Jan. 12 trial docket. ...more

January 7, 2009

Trial is approaching for a handful of the "johns" arrested during a prostitution sting staged by the Brooksville Police Department. ...more

November 14, 2008

Leon Davis, accused of killing five people in Polk County in 2007, appeared in court this morning for the first time as his own attorney. ...more

October 16, 2008

Judge orders psychiatric assessment. ...more

October 14, 2008

A capital murder trial will be put off at least until November so doctors can determine whether the defendant is psychologically competent to face a jury. ...more

October 14, 2008

It began as a case of six missing boaters. Then came the dramatic tale of an attack on the high seas by Cuban pirates, four fatal shootings and the rescue of two survivors from a life raft. Then the two survivors were charged with murder. ...more

September 15, 2008

It is not the jury of O.J. Simpson's dreams, but neither does it shape up to be his nightmare. ...more

September 13, 2008

John J. Connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive John Callahan's bullet-riddled body was discovered in the trunk of Callahan's own Cadillac at Miami's airport. ...more

September 8, 2008

BARTOW - Leon Davis won the right to act as his own attorney when he stands trial in the slayings of five people during two attacks in December. ...more

September 4, 2008