A former auto mechanic found guilty of strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence this week in the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

December 19, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and death sentence of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia's killer. ...more

December 17, 2009

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