A federal judge told lawyers this afternoon to get ready to take the case of Youseff Megahed to trial. ...more

January 26, 2009

A 22-year-old Tampa man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this morning to selling counterfeit money to an undercover Secret Service agent. ...more

January 22, 2009

A federal appeals court handed prosecutors a defeat this afternoon in the case of a former University of South Florida student awaiting trial on charges he illegally transported explosives. The prosecution lost its appeal of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday in the case of Youssef Megahed. ...more

January 21, 2009

The U.S. Department of Defense announced Saturday that it transferred six detainees out of Guantanamo, leaving about 245 at the offshore prison as President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office. ...more

January 17, 2009

A 71-year-old man who spent his mother's Social Security money on himself and on female companions has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. ...more

January 14, 2009

TAMPA A 78-year-old mental health therapist faces up to life in prison after being convicted this afternoon of a federal charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. After the verdict was read, Charles Friedlander was overcome with emotion, according to his attorney, George Tragos. He was led away to jail in a wheelchair. ...more

December 16, 2008

Charles Friedlander is "a 78-year-old lonely man whose only social life is on the Internet," and not a pedophile who attempted to sexually and physically abuse two boys, Friedlander's lawyer told a jury today. ...more

December 15, 2008

A Gainesville mother has been arrested after her daughter missed too many days of school. ...more

December 6, 2008

A federal judge has granted a motion by attorneys for John "Junior" Gotti to transfer his racketeering case to New York, saying allowing the case to proceed in Florida "stands athwart the manifest interests of justice." ...more

December 2, 2008

St. Petersburg-based electronics maker Jabil Circuit Inc. has some good news and bad news this week. ...more

November 26, 2008