WASHINGTON (AP) — A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled today with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes. ...more

November 9, 2009

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. ...more

November 8, 2009

A 28-year-old Spring Hill man has admitted robbing several pharmacies at gunpoint last year, demanding and receiving oxycodone and methadone. ...more

November 6, 2009

Manatee County sheriff's deputies are investigating two armed robberies that occurred early this morning, one in Bradenton and one in Palmetto. In both incidents, the victims were injured. ...more

May 30, 2009

The man accused of being the "Kendall Rapist" in the early 1900s is now charged with five sexual assaults in the Miami suburb. ...more

May 1, 2009

Five people – including four juveniles – were involved in a series of violent armed robberies Sunday in Sulphur Springs, police say. ...more

April 16, 2009

St. Petersburg police have arrested four people _ including a teenager and his parents _ in connection with a rash of armed robberies in July. ...more

January 15, 2009

An attorney sleeping in court may be "inexcusable," according to a federal appeals court, but it's no excuse for the client. ...more

January 1, 2009

A lawyer sleeping in court may be "inexcusable," according to a federal appeals court, but it's no excuse for the client. ...more

December 31, 2008

When John Silva opened his St. Petersburg variety store about 9 a.m. Sunday, he brought Gertrude with him. ...more

December 8, 2008