A former adoption agency director who overcharged adoptive parents must repay about $178,000 to her victims as part of a plea bargain accepted Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009

A Pinellas County cleaner was sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty today to killing his boss and setting him and his vehicle on fire. ...more

March 20, 2009

Prosecutors announced this week they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of murdering an elderly Masaryktown couple. ...more

March 13, 2009

The Justice Department may have hoodwinked former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian into thinking his plea bargain on terrorism charges would protect him from further prosecutions, a federal judge said Monday. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Justice Department may have hoodwinked former USF professor Sami Al-Arian in into thinking his plea bargain would protect him from prosecutions, a federal judge said. ...more

March 9, 2009

Federal prosecutors have defied a judge's order to turn over evidence of their internal deliberations in coming to a plea agreement with a former professor once accused of being a top Palestinian terrorist. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man once named Hernando County's most wanted received a 15-year prison sentence on Monday for his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. ...more

March 4, 2009

A man once named Hernando County's most wanted received a 15-year prison sentence on Monday for his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. ...more

March 2, 2009

For lack of an impartial jury, trial of two men accused of beating a man known as 'The Walker' will be moved to Lake County. ...more

February 9, 2009

On Oct. 10, 2007, Darrell "Hank" Newberry was struck by a pickup truck as he took his trash out to the edge of his driveway. ...more

January 29, 2009