A Pasco County construction company owner pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal fraud charges. ...more

October 28, 2009

One member of the media can see the face of an undercover agent who authorities say posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" willing to kill an IRS agent for a Polk County man. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA A federal judge is scheduled to decide today whether an undercover agent who posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" can testify behind a screen to protect his identify. The agent is a key witness in the trial of Randy Nowak, 49, a construction company owner from Mulberry who is accused of plotting to kill IRS officer Christine Brand. ...more

December 11, 2008

A federal prosecutor has asked U.S. District Judge James Moody to allow an undercover FBI agent to testify behind a screen and use a pseudonym in a murder-for-hire trial. ...more

November 19, 2008

A Mulberry man was arrested Thursday and charged with the attempted murder of an Internal Revenue Service officer, authorities said. ...more

July 31, 2008

A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - Two backhoes tore up the yard at a South Tampa home Wednesday as investigators looked for evidence in the disappearance of a Temple Terrace woman nearly two years ago. ...more

October 18, 2007

Two backhoes tore up the yard at a South Tampa home Wednesday as investigators looked for evidence in the disappearance of a Temple Terrace woman nearly two years ago. ...more

October 18, 2007