A mentally ill homeless man who threatened President Bush was sentenced Wednesday morning to 57 months in federal prison. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - A mentally ill homeless man who threatened President Bush was sentenced this morning to 57 months in federal prison. ...more

June 25, 2008

Joanne Cone told a judge Friday that she should have been more aggressive in learning about her husband's activities, more questioning of his motives, more determined to stop him. ...more

June 21, 2008

Former road contractor Michael Cone could have spared his wife a criminal conviction and possible prison sentence. ...more

June 20, 2008

It is fair to say that no one will ever confuse "filmmaker" Paul Little with Frank Capra, perhaps churning out flicks like "It's A Wonderful Urinal," "Mr. Smith Goes Wee-Wee" or "It Happened One Night - And You Don't Want To Know What It Was." ...more

June 10, 2008

A former Tampa Housing Authority official was sentenced Thursday morning to two years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal more than $140,000 in federal rent subsidies. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - A former Tampa Housing Authority official was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal more than $140,000 in federal rent subsidies. ...more

June 5, 2008

TAMPA - A man once known as one of Tampa's most notorious landlords has been given an extension to make restitution payments, according to an order signed by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew. ...more

June 3, 2008

TAMPA - A panel of jurors saw an extreme hard-core pornographic movie today and is expected to see many more as it weighs whether a California porn producer, who uses the name Max Hardcore, has violated criminal obscenity laws. Today, U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew decided federal prosecutors can show excerpts of the movies as they put on their case. Defense lawyers for Max Hardcore, whose real name is Paul F. Little, argued that jurors need to see the entirety of the movies because the repetition of the acts is a necessary component. ...more

May 29, 2008

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against The Tampa Tribune by a former lobbyist for the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority who had claimed he was fired because of "innuendo" and "falsehoods" in newspaper articles. ...more

January 17, 2008