G.P. Sawant never charged the prostitutes for his letter-writing services. ...more

December 26, 2007

A Tampa police detective and an FBI agent paid large sums of money to a known thief, liar and convicted felon, using him as their chief informant during an investigation of the Latin Kings street gang, a defense attorney is trying to prove in a hearing that began Thursday. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - A Tampa police detective and an FBI agent paid large sums of money to a known thief, liar and convicted felon, using him as their chief informant during an investigation of the Latin Kings street gang, a defense attorney is trying to prove in a hearing that began Thursday. ...more

November 8, 2007

Before the white boys would let Johnny Lloyd ride their ponies at Wilson's Horse Arena, he usually received a hard pummeling for being black. ...more

October 21, 2007

The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new 'tribe' in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new "tribe" in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 4, 2007

A Lake Placid man remained in the Highlands County Jail in lieu of $130,000 bail Wednesday, charged in connection with a series of beatings inflicted upon his wife, according to a Highlands County sheriff's arrest report. ...more

September 27, 2007

It's a fashion that started in prison, and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle - low-slung street strutting in some cities soon may mean run-ins with the law, including a stint in jail. ...more

September 17, 2007