ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska judge's ruling has revealed a heated legal custody battle between Sarah Palin's daughter and the father of Palin's grandson. ...more

December 28, 2009

The Clearwater Police Department clarified its rundown of a shooting, saying a suspect did not fire at an officer before the officer fired at him. Neither the suspect nor the officer was struck with a bullet in the Saturday night incident. ...more

November 2, 2009

Former Tampa Bay Rays baseball player Elijah Dukes could be jailed for 90 days if he fails to pay $39,767 in legal fees for his estranged wife, her attorney said Friday. ...more

May 30, 2009

A Pasco County man faces up to two years in federal prison for failing to pay more than $110,000 in child support, according to the U.S.Department of Justice. ...more

May 28, 2009

TAMPA Operation Spring Cleaning, a two-day law-enforcement roundup of known felons and other criminals, ended today with a total of 122 arrests, police said. ...more

March 28, 2009

The new defense lawyer for David Earley, who owes more than $377,000 in child support to his ex-wife and four children, says Earley might deserve a break because of mental illness or drug addiction. ...more

March 25, 2009

It's a boy, again, for Anne Heche. People magazine reports that the 39-year-old actress and her boyfriend, actor James Tupper, welcomed son Atlas Heche Tupper over the weekend. The couple met on the set of ABC's "Men in Trees" and began dating in 2007. ...more

March 12, 2009

In a brief court hearing today, Pinellas Circuit Judge Frank Quesada called David Earley, 46, "the poster child of deadbeat dads" and said he is prepared to send Earley to prison for not supporting his kids. ...more

February 25, 2009

Two St. Petersburg police officers shot and killed a 40-year-old woman who appeared about to stab another woman with a large carving fork Tuesday night. ...more

February 11, 2009

Untangling the meltdown of the home loan industry could take years, but a clue lies in the way banks handed money to people like David William Earley. Earley owes more than $377,000 in child support and claimed poverty in court. His ex-wife has been trying to collect for 19 years on behalf of the couple's four children. His current wife said he hasn't worked in years. But none of that got in the way of a $125,000 home loan Earley and his wife Christina obtained in November 2006, or the $189,000 refinancing they secured in June 2007. ...more

February 11, 2009