Authorities are involved in a lengthy standoff with a man who has fired several shots from his home in the 18400 block of Wintergarden Avenue into the neighborhood today. ...more

September 21, 2008

John "Junior" Gotti "is definitely not a mobster," his sister told reporters after his arraignment Thursday in U.S. District Court. ...more

August 29, 2008

A grand jury has formally indicted a man accused of killing his 81-year-old mother by beating her head with a remote control and holding her underwater in the family pool. ...more

August 29, 2008

Prosecutors made a "limited-time offer" Friday to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Resign by Sept. 3 in exchange for the dismissal of one of the two assault charges he faces. Kilpatrick rejected the deal, which a mayoral spokesman dismissed as grandstanding. ...more

August 23, 2008

MIAMI — Police say they've arrested a 70-year-old woman for allegedly buying drugs on the streets of Miami. ...more

August 21, 2008

A music producer has sued Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million, claiming the actress and her father have repeatedly violated a contract and failed to pay him his share of her earnings. ...more

August 13, 2008

Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned Monday on two charges of criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. ...more

July 1, 2008

A former Tampa professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group was charged Thursday with refusing to testify before a grand jury in a related investigation. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - A local criminal defense lawyer is scheduled to be arraigned this month on a sex charge after police found him masturbating at an adult theater, authorities say. ...more

June 9, 2008

The confessed mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America said a courtroom artist at his arraignment Thursday made his nose look too big. ...more

June 6, 2008