A federal judge sentenced a man to life in prison Thursday for conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's Office said today. ...more

January 16, 2009

John A. Gotti Jr. has been arrested on a murder conspiracy charge stemming from a federal investigation in Tampa and is headed here for arraignment. ...more

August 5, 2008

TAMPA – A man described by federal authorities as a former leader in the Latin Kings gang has been indicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. Michael A. Garcia, 38, is named in a 13-count indictment that charges him with conspiracy to distribute Ecstasy and more than five kilograms of cocaine between December 2005 and June 2008. ...more

June 13, 2008

Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. The 21-year-old actress soon will be working at a morgue as part of her punishment for misdemeanor drunken driving, her attorney, Blair Berk, told a judge Thursday. ...more

January 19, 2008

A former University of Florida football standout and a former Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal were among 13 people indicted Wednesday in the theft of funding meant to help house Tampa's most needy residents. ...more

December 13, 2007

TAMPA - Three former Tampa Housing Authority employees were charged today in a federal indictment with embezzling more than $125,000 in federal money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. ...more

December 12, 2007

Michael Vick got a head start on a possible long prison stretch Monday, surrendering three weeks before he was to be sentenced for his involvement in a bloody dogfighting ring. ...more

November 20, 2007