A security checkpoint helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but the system is not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. ...more

May 8, 2008

Like many court cases, the decision was a tough one. ...more

May 7, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A security checkpoint system helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but it's not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. All visitors to the downtown St. Petersburg court building and the Criminal Justice Center on 49th Street North must walk through a metal detector and have their items screened by magnetometers, or X-ray machines, before entering. In Clearwater, the seat of county government, people enter the main courts complex from several access points. Bailiffs guard only a section of the complex housing the courtrooms and judicial chambers and only visitors to that section are screened by security inspection equipment. ...more

May 7, 2008

Think Liza Minelli, parent Jacquie Singleton said, with a growl in your song and some sass in your strut. ...more

January 23, 2008

Think Liza Minelli, parent Jacquie Singleton said, with a growl in your song and some sass in your strut. ...more

January 23, 2008

SEBRING — Often, kids who enter the Highlands County Courthouse are more afraid of the front lobby than they are of actually going inside a courtroom. With this in mind, bailiffs at the courthouse have been celebrating the holidays by handing out stuffed animals to kids. After going through the building's metal detector and letting their items pass through an X-ray machine, children are allowed to choose a toy amongst a group of stuffed animals sitting underneath a Christmas tree. "It's been pretty successful," said bailiff William Dilling. "We had a little girl come in a few days ago who was afraid to go through the metal detector, but we were able to convince her that she'd get a (stuffed animal) out of it." ...more

December 24, 2007

Byron Hileman limped back into the courtroom after a brief conference with his client, 86-year-old flying ace-turned-felon Abner Aust. ...more

December 5, 2007

BARTOW - Abner Aust, an 86-year-old retired Air Force colonel and certified fighter ace, fired his attorney today and was granted an extension for his sentencing on a probation violation charge in connection with two attempts to have his wife killed. ...more

December 4, 2007