Pasco County sheriff's deputies were investigating after a decomposed body was found Friday afternoon near the USA Flea Market in Port Richey. ...more

November 21, 2009

A teenage mom whose 11-month-old son died after being left unattended in a bathtub has been charged with manslaughter, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

November 12, 2009

LARGO (AP) — A high school senior won't go to jail for borrowing his mother's car when he was 15 and causing a fatal accident. ...more

November 9, 2009

Josh Chapin knew the kid playing high school basketball for him was something special. ...more

November 4, 2009

I am surprised you printed Keith O'Dell's diatribe against John Nash. Even with your follow-up correcting Mr. O'Dell's assertion that Mr. Nash's column violated "journalism," something he certainly should have known, you simply provided a forum for Mr. O'Dell to spew venom at Mr. Nash, with virtually nothing to justify it. ...more

November 4, 2009

One of east Pasco County's oldest pending criminal cases was resolved Thursday when Michael Louis Berencsi pleaded guilty to manslaughter. ...more

October 30, 2009

Members of the courtroom audience were completely silent as Judge Peter Estrada addressed Travis Kelton Hill III before formally sentencing him for DUI manslaughter on Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009

A Valrico man charged in the deaths of his two children will be held on $200,000 bail, a judge ordered today. ...more

September 8, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol troopers charged the driver of an SUV with driving under the influence-manslaughter after he registered more than three times the legal blood-alcohol limit following a fatal wreck this morning. Xavier Ramirez, 22, was the driver of the Kia sports utility vehicle that lost control on the Interstate 275 exit ramp to Ashley Drive early this morning. The vehicle flipped and ejected the passenger, Gerald Hodge, 22, of Tampa, who died at the scene, troopers said. ...more

August 7, 2009

The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida. ...more

June 25, 2009