A disbarred Clearwater lawyer was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for stealing millions in a real estate scheme, the U.S. attorney's office said. ...more

October 21, 2008

In a drug case, a former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced Friday to home detention and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty. ...more

September 13, 2008

A former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced this morning to home detention, and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to drug charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. Don Riggans, 34, faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of life for possessing a firearm in connection with drug trafficking. He also has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to possess hydrocodone, a charge that carries up to five years behind bars. ...more

September 11, 2008

Three men were convicted Monday of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing campaign, but the jury could not reach a verdict on allegations they plotted to use liquid explosives to down trans-Atlantic airliners. ...more

September 9, 2008

The U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a plea agreement with a St. Petersburg man accused of participating in a complicated mortgage fraud scheme. ...more

August 13, 2008

The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday, when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. ...more

July 30, 2008

Three businessmen and a Sarasota lawyer have been charged with participating in an $82.8 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday. ...more

July 29, 2008

Three businessmen and a Sarasota lawyer have been charged with participating in an $82.8 million mortgage loan fraud, a scheme which defrauded seven banks, the U.S. Attorney's Office said this morning. ...more

July 28, 2008