The Japan-based operator of a cargo vessel that dumped oily sludge into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean was sentenced today to three years of probation and fined $1.75 million. ...more

February 24, 2009

The chief officer of a Korean cargo ship that dumped oily waste into the ocean has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he concealed the polluting in ship records. ...more

February 16, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

February 11, 2009

All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball. ...more

February 11, 2009

A Lake Placid woman charged with murdering her newly delivered infant child entered into a plea agreement Monday. ...more

February 10, 2009

A man with a 34-year criminal record who was secretly recorded talking about two slayings and other crimes pleaded guilty this morning to a federal weapons charge. ...more

February 5, 2009

The case resulting from the November 2007 shooting death of Samuel Tiller has come to an end, with the third suspect being sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison. ...more

February 5, 2009

A Sarasota lawyer has admitted participating in what authorities have said was an $82.7 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks. ...more

February 4, 2009

The owner of three fishing boats that were seized after authorities found them smuggling cocaine from Colombia pleaded guilty this morning to a federal drug offense. ...more

February 2, 2009

There's an unsigned "no contest" plea in the criminal case folder of Emily Vernon. ...more

January 30, 2009