Emelia Shevgert told a jury she doesn't believe her husband is guilty of orchestrating attacks on her parents."I believe that my husband could not do such a thing," she testified today in the trial of her husband, Alex, who is accused of hiring people to attack his in-laws because they had stopped giving him money after financing a string of failed businesses. ...more

November 13, 2008

Larik Cholak testified today in the trial of Alex Shevgert, who is accused of orchestrating attacks on his in-laws in New York and Sarasota because they stopped giving him money after they funded a series of failed businesses and bought him a house. ...more

November 6, 2008

The first time he was attacked, Grigori Komissarchuk had gone to Home Depot to buy a fan. ...more

November 5, 2008

The trial of a man accused of hiring people to attack his in-laws is the story of "the American dream unfortunately turning into a family tragedy," a federal prosecutor said this morning. ...more

November 4, 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 former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced this morning to home detention, and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to drug charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

Joanne Cone told a judge Friday that she should have been more aggressive in learning about her husband's activities, more questioning of his motives, more determined to stop him. ...more

June 21, 2008

Former road contractor Michael Cone could have spared his wife a criminal conviction and possible prison sentence. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA – The former human resources director for Cone Constructors was sentenced this morning to three years in federal prison for conspiring with Michael Cone to commit bankruptcy fraud. ...more

May 6, 2008

Once one of the state's biggest road contractors, Michael Cone will spend the next 20 years behind bars, undone, a judge said, by his greed and sheer inability to tell the truth. ...more

May 3, 2008