A jury deliberated for a little more than an hour Wednesday before finding a 51-year-old man guilty of raping a woman as she walked home from work. ...more

January 6, 2010

The co-owner of Ridge Realty will be arraigned Jan. 25 on a charge of kidnapping/false imprisonment. ...more

January 5, 2010

For a snapshot of Epiphany 2010, look no further than the Coburn clan. ...more

January 5, 2010

CLEARWATER -- The 15-year-old accused of plotting with his girlfriend to kill her mother by burning her while she slept was ordered held without bond this morning. Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Judge Irene Sullivan denied bond for Jack Ault after an advisory first appearance in juvenile court. ...more

December 30, 2009

The state's Stand Your Ground self-defense law has spared a 59-year-old woman from prosecution in the stabbing death of her husband. ...more

December 23, 2009

So far, director's deals confined to one vendor. ...more

December 22, 2009

A transient was sentenced to five years in prison this morning in connection with the strangulation of a man in Clearwater in 2008. ...more

December 22, 2009

Paul Gordon pleaded guilty to organized fraud and was ordered by Judge Chet Tharpe to pay his victims nearly $40,000 in restitution. An 8 On Your Side investigation that began in late 2006 discovered a pattern in which Gordon falsely represented himself to customers on both sides of the bay as a licensed and insured contractor. ...more

December 19, 2009

It took roughly an hour of deliberation before a jury returned with a not guilty verdict in the case of an Avon Park man accused of shooting another last December. ...more

December 18, 2009

An eleventh-hour defense witness in the murder trial of John Ditullio Jr. testified Friday that another neo-Nazi told her he was responsible for the stabbings of two people. ...more

December 12, 2009