PORT MANATEE - Teenage gang member Orlando Valenzuela will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the shooting death of 9-year-old Stacy Williams III, who was hit by a stray bullet during a May 2007 gunbattle. ...more

September 13, 2008

In a drug case, a former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced Friday to home detention and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty. ...more

September 13, 2008

A federal judge has approved a settlement in two class-action lawsuits filed against a St. Petersburg check authorizing company that had more than 8.4 million consumer records stolen and sold to direct marketers. ...more

September 4, 2008

A federal judge has approved a settlement in two class-action lawsuits filed against a St. Petersburg check authorizing company that had more than 8.4 million consumer records stolen and sold to direct marketers. ...more

September 3, 2008

A former driver for Osama bin Laden was sentenced Thursday to 51/2 years in prison for his material support for terrorism, a relatively light sentence that means the first detainee at Guantanamo Bay to face a full military commission trial could be released from custody in just five months. ...more

August 8, 2008

TAMPA – A federal judge scheduled a Sept. 22 sentencing hearing for a former University of South Florida student who pleaded guilty last month to providing material support to terrorists. ...more

July 9, 2008

The mastermind behind a multimillion-dollar scheme to loot hundreds of corpses and sell their body parts apologized Thursday to families of the victims and thousands of tissue recipients. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - A man once known as one of Tampa's most notorious landlords has been given an extension to make restitution payments, according to an order signed by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew. ...more

June 3, 2008

Long-shot DNA testing may now be all that stands in the way of Samuel Jason Derrick's execution for stabbing a Moon Lake shopkeeper more than 30 times during a June 1987 robbery. ...more

May 30, 2008

Incensed over what they say is a clear lack of remorse on the part of the family of Nick Bollea, the parents of a man injured in a car crash caused by Bollea has condemned the "outrageous conduct" exhibited by the family during recent jail conversations. ...more

May 28, 2008