Testimony began today in the trial of a former youth baseball volunteer accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in May. ...more

March 25, 2009

Casey Anthony told a judge Wednesday that her agreement with an attorney who is defending her against accusations she killed her 2-year-old daughter does not allow him the rights to sell her story to collect legal fees. ...more

March 25, 2009

Lawyer says Bernard Madoff's assets have reached $1 billion. ...more

March 23, 2009

The case of Jean Claude Meus is going back to the courtroom, almost a year after Hardee County Judge Jeff McKibben granted a new trial. ...more

March 22, 2009

Seven children poisoned by insecticide. ...more

March 21, 2009

A jury found Puerto Rico's former governor not guilty today on all nine counts of conspiracy, money laundering and lying to the FBI, concluding his monthlong corruption trial. ...more

March 20, 2009

An August trial date was scheduled today for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Wayne S. Timmerman set Aug. 10 for Ragusa at the request of prosecutors and Ragusa's attorney Robert Herce. ...more

March 19, 2009

Attorneys for murder defendant Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. called four witnesses to the stand this morning as the defense began presenting its case. ...more

March 17, 2009

Franklin Duran, 41, was convicted of conspiracy and failure to register as a Venezuelan agent. ...more

March 16, 2009

Prosecutors probing Bernard Madoff's massive fraud are determined to leave his wife with almost nothing ...more

March 16, 2009