Jurors deliberated for four hours today before finding Sharon Sprout guilty of second-degree murder in the 2004 killing of longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. She will likely be sentenced to life in prison at a hearing Dec. 23. Sprout, 51, shot Candiano in the head as he slept in their Regency Park home on July 10, 2004. Early that morning, Sprout retrieved a .38-caliber pistol from a desk in another bedroom. She then went into the master bedroom, pointed the gun behind Candiano's right ear and pulled the trigger. The bullet cut a path through Candiano's brain, instantly killing the 64-year-old. ...more

November 20, 2008

The state and defense rested their cases Wednesday afternoon in the second-degree murder trial of Sharon Sprout. ...more

November 20, 2008

Sharon Sprout's words about longtime boyfriend Tony Candiano might have seemed a bit strange when she uttered them back in early 2004. ...more

November 19, 2008

- The man accused of kidnapping Denise Lee from her North Port home and killing her may be incompetent to stand trial, his attorney says. ...more

November 15, 2008

On July 10, 2004, Sharon Sprout aimed a .38-caliber pistol at the back of her sleeping boyfriend's head and pulled the trigger, detectives say she told them. ...more

November 15, 2008

Beau bolted toward a squirrel that wandered into his field of vision, then stood proudly on all fours as he watched the terrified rodent dart over a fence. ...more

October 18, 2008

Voters in Pasco and Pinellas counties will elect a new circuit judge Nov. 4 and will be joined by Hillsborough voters in deciding whether to retain four appeals court judges and a justice of the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

October 17, 2008

Dennis George Roache, charged with first-degree murder in the 2002 killing and decapitation of his ex-girlfriend's lover, was found guilty by a jury of his peers today. ...more

October 3, 2008

Defense attorneys say Dennis George Roache was taking orders from imagined voices when he decapitated his ex-girlfriend's lover six years ago in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 26, 2008

Defense lawyers say Dennis George Roache was taking orders from imagined voices when he decapitated his ex-girlfriend's lover six years ago in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 25, 2008