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

October 28, 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

Randy James Nowak parked his Ford Excursion at a Home Depot in Lakeland and greeted a man he knew only as Reaper. ...more

August 7, 2008

On July 31, federal authorities charged Randy Nowak, 48, of Mulberry, with attempted murder of an IRS officer. Today, Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III today ordered Nowak held without bail, citing potential danger to the revenue officer and a confidential informant who helped investigators. ...more

August 6, 2008

Randy Nowak was having IRS trouble, authorities say, and wanted the revenue officer on his tail "deleted." ...more

August 1, 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

Bruce Humphrey didn't know the driver's name, but as he watched the tanker truck fall over the bridge and burst into flames on the road below, one thing quickly became clear: the man was a fighter. ...more

June 6, 2008

Bruce Humphrey didn't know the driver's name, but as he watched the tanker truck fall over the bridge and burst into flames on the road below, one thing quickly became clear: the man was a fighter. ...more

June 5, 2008