Roger Gayle Thompson avoided a trial and possible life sentence today by pleading no contest to an attempted murder charge. ...more

January 14, 2009

A Lakeland man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for his role in the March 2006 robbery of a Dover brothel in which a man was killed. ...more

January 12, 2009

Homebuilder's trial ends with 20-year sentence One of the largest homebuilder fraud cases in Florida's history ended in a guilty verdict for Steven Bartlett. Bartlett was accused of misappropriating close to $1.6 million intended for home construction for his own personal use. ...more

January 2, 2009

Miami police have arrested someone who allegedly confessed to beating to death a 41-year-old homeless man. ...more

December 26, 2008

A convicted murderer's life sentence was reduced to 10 years on Thursday. ...more

December 24, 2008

A former "Sopranos" actor has been acquitted of a second-degree murder charge in the 2005 shooting death of an off-duty policeman. ...more

December 22, 2008

A 20-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested today on a first-degree murder charge in an Oct. 9 shooting, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 12, 2008

A judge today dismissed a second-degree murder charge against a man who said he killed his nephew in self-defense. Edwin Allen Kendrick, 60, was charged with fatally stabbing Randall Marquayne Harrelson, 33, on Jan. 7, 2007. Kendrick was on trial this week, but Judge Manuel Lopez dismissed charges, saying the state could not rebut the self-defense claim. Pam Bondi, spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office, said prosecutors argued that the jury should decide the case. ...more

December 3, 2008

Robert Glenn Temple has pleaded not guilty in the death of his wife, Rosemary Christensen. ...more

December 1, 2008

In the wake of the tragedy from the recent T.J. Maxx purse snatching, the Sheriff's Office urges shoppers to use caution to guard against thieves and robbers during the rush of post-Thanksgiving holiday sales. ...more

November 26, 2008