Brian Gomes did not kill Marc Collins. So said a jury early Wednesday evening through a verdict that only punished Gomes, 26, for the events leading up to a fatal wreck. ...more

February 20, 2008

For years, a multimillion dollar theft ring has swiped health, beauty and medicine products off the shelves of local retailers and then sold the stolen goods on the Internet and in flea markets, authorities say. ...more

January 24, 2008

In his order barring Allstate from writing additional policies in Florida, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty included the remarks of state Sen. Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, from Tuesday's aborted hearing on the insurer's rate-setting policies. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA - A Michigan doctor has pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting he was paid to write more than 12,000 illicit prescriptions for more than 40,000 doses of the drug phentermine, according to court filings. ...more

January 11, 2008

Monday's shooting of two East Bay High School students near the entrance to the Carriage Pointe subdivision stemmed from one student ordering another to kiss his shoes, a neighbor says. ...more

December 19, 2007

Between March 2002 and March 2004, a Tampa mortgage broker refinanced loans for older homeowners of modest means, scamming more than $400,000 to supplement a legitimate income that came close to six figures a year. ...more

December 8, 2007

Prosecutors will look to strengthen their murder case against Lawrence Tener when the 25-year-old goes to trial Wednesday on an unrelated aggravated battery charge. ...more

October 30, 2007

Four women and two men held Ronald Smart's future in their hands Wednesday. ...more

October 25, 2007

A teenage driver was going 'well above' the speed limit and driving recklessly when he fatally struck a man riding a motorbike, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 19, 2007

SEBRING — After two years of eluding a prison sentence that he previously agreed to, sex offender Bruce M. Glaum, formerly of Sebring, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 and a half years in prison. Judge Peter Estrada sentenced Glaum, 33, Tuesday morning at the Highlands County Courthouse to the maximum penalty for a charge of a lewd battery of a minor under the age of 16. ...more

October 3, 2007