A 78-year-old mental health therapist who faces up to life in prison is asking for a new trial on a federal charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. ...more

January 9, 2009

Robert Nowak of Polk County was convicted today of hiring a hit man called "Reaper" to bump off an Internal Revenue Service tax auditor. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA A 78-year-old mental health therapist faces up to life in prison after being convicted this afternoon of a federal charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. After the verdict was read, Charles Friedlander was overcome with emotion, according to his attorney, George Tragos. He was led away to jail in a wheelchair. ...more

December 16, 2008

Charles Friedlander is "a 78-year-old lonely man whose only social life is on the Internet," and not a pedophile who attempted to sexually and physically abuse two boys, Friedlander's lawyer told a jury today. ...more

December 15, 2008

The state and defense rested their cases Wednesday afternoon in the second-degree murder trial of Sharon Sprout. ...more

November 20, 2008

Jurors were offered conflicting views of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens during a four-week corruption trial: a cantankerous but credible senator who didn't know he was being lavished with free gifts, or a sour-faced, scheming one who thought he knew how to quietly get undisclosed freebies. ...more

October 21, 2008

A federal jury on Friday acquitted a white South Carolina state trooper who bragged about striking a fleeing black suspect with his cruiser in a collision captured on videotape. ...more

October 4, 2008

Dennis George Roache, charged with first-degree murder in the 2002 killing and decapitation of his ex-girlfriend's lover, was found guilty by a jury of his peers today. ...more

October 3, 2008

A Texas jury acquitted a man accused of killing a boy who broke into his home looking for a snack - a case that sparked outrage in this border city, where many thought the man should not have even been charged. ...more

September 28, 2008

No physical evidence links David Lee Onstott to the killing of a 13-year-old girl in 2005, defense attorneys said Wednesday during closing arguments. ...more

August 21, 2008