Nazario Cortez, who caused the death of a grandmother and an unborn baby in a car crash seven years ago, has been arrested again. This time, he's charged with armed trafficking in cocaine. ...more

January 7, 2009

After Orient Road Jail inmate Brian Sterner was dumped from his wheelchair by a detention deputy, jail video of it spread like a disease on the Internet and airwaves. ...more

September 11, 2008

An independent review commission on jails will present its final report today to Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee. ...more

September 10, 2008

As illuminating juxtapositions go, this one was hard to miss. Inside the Alice Hall Community Center, nerve center for the city of pure water's election day activities, the action was as cool as the refrigerated air. Fewer than 100 yards away, lifelong friends lounged in the steamy shade cast by a blue awning while tots splashed in water park spray, both generations utterly indifferent to the day's electoral possibilities or implications. ...more

August 27, 2008

Terry Underwood remembers when his wife found their son's body. Timothy Underwood had gone out the night before with friends, his father said. Sometime before morning, someone brought the 23-year-old construction worker home. ...more

July 19, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa man accused of dealing cocaine was arrested Monday night on charges he threatened a confidential informant who helped make the case against him. ...more

June 17, 2008

Look Into Jail Policies Regarding "Toss From Wheelchair Brings Jail Suspensions" (front page, Feb. 13): ...more

February 15, 2008