MONTAGUE, Texas - For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. Inside the small brick building across from the courthouse, inmates had the run of the place, having sex with their jailer girlfriends, bringing in recliners, taking drugs and chatting on cell phones supplied by friends or guards, according to authorities. They also disabled some of the surveillance cameras and made weapons out of nails. ...more

March 17, 2009

For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. ...more

March 17, 2009

A Texas sheriff and jail guards face charges over jailhouse escapades. ...more

March 16, 2009

A Sarasota man who has repeatedly tangled with the Internal Revenue Service was arrested today on criminal tax charges. ...more

February 12, 2009

"Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach," by Meryl Gordon (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28) ...more

December 14, 2008

The mayor of Alabama's largest city was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes to pay for an expensive wardrobe and flashy jewelry. ...more

December 2, 2008

Three Florida A&M University students are facing federal charges of hacking the school's computer system. ...more

October 21, 2008

Five people accused of enslaving Mexican and Guatemalan migrant farmworkers have pleaded guilty in federal court. ...more

September 3, 2008

A central Florida businessman whose private equity fund owned several payroll processing firms has been accused of stealing $182 million in taxes from thousands of small-business clients. ...more

August 8, 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