In the immortal words of Agent 86 Maxwell Smart, Sami Al-Arian "missed it by that much," in an effort to get out of the hoosegow earlier this week. ...more

July 17, 2008

Schoolteacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave no longer will have to provide Florida Department of Corrections officials her daily schedule, and they no longer will keep minute-by-minute track of her whereabouts. ...more

July 11, 2008

TAMPA If schoolteacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave can make it another day without incident, she will be freed from house arrest. ...more

July 11, 2008

A 12-year-old accused of fatally beating his baby cousin after she interrupted a cartoon pleaded no contest Wednesday and was sentenced to a juvenile treatment center. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA – Attorneys for Sami Al-Arian are asking a federal judge in Virginia to release the former University of South Florida professor on bail while he awaits trial on charges of criminal contempt. Al-Arian has completed his federal sentence for helping a terrorist group, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, but is still behind bars because he refused to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Islamic charities in Virginia. ...more

July 9, 2008

OCALA — A north Florida man accused of fatally beating his roommate with a sledgehammer and claw hammer because there was no toilet tissue in the home has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. ...more

July 3, 2008

An oversight that let a man convicted of molesting children dodge a sex offender label was corrected in an emergency hearing Friday. ...more

June 20, 2008

In 2002, three children, ages 4, 5 and 7, told Pasco County deputies that Thomas Wolverton touched them inappropriately. ...more

June 20, 2008

MOVES IN NEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ...more

June 19, 2008

BROOKSVILLE In 2002, three children, ages 4, 5 and 7, told Pasco County deputies Thomas Wolverton had touched them inappropriately. ...more

June 19, 2008