An attorney for condemned killer Joseph Smith is asking the Florida Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence. Smith was sentenced to death for killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia in 2004. His abduction of the middle school student was captured on security cameras and broadcast nationwide. ...more

January 7, 2009

Sarasota County deputies are looking for a name to go with faces on surveillance camera images from a fundraiser Saturday night at Evie's on the Green, 4735 Bee Ridge Road. ...more

November 17, 2008

It's understandable that many people are upset with the acquittals in the boot-camp death of Martin Lee Anderson. But it's dismaying to see the tragedy used to enflame racial tensions, especially since this case had already been complicated - and possibly undermined - by political grandstanding. ...more

October 16, 2007

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - The big cases don't go away quietly. ...more

October 13, 2007