NEW PORT RICHEY – A Pasco County jury deliberated for about an hour Friday before finding Daniel Lee Parbel guilty of first-degree murder in the 2005 killing of 37-year-old John Jason Benjamin. ...more

November 16, 2007

SEBRING — David A. Will was found innocent of attempted second-degree murder during his criminal trial, but because of an out-of-court settlement he's made to avoid a costly civil suit, he will now be giving up his home. Will, 83, of Lake Placid, was found not guilty last month by a Highlands County jury of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm after shooting his wife, Barbara, 63, in the upper right tricep area of her arm, in February 2006, following a domestic dispute. As a result of the shooting, Barbara filed a civil lawsuit before the start of David's criminal trial seeking damages for medical costs and pain and suffering. ...more

November 16, 2007

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is committed to helping Martin Lee Anderson's family continue any investigation into the teen's death, according to a statement released by McCollum and family attorney Benjamin Crump today. Anderson, 14, died after being restrained and struck by drill instructors at a Panhandle boot camp while a nurse looked on, occasionally checking his vital signs. The confrontation was captured by a surveillance camera. ...more

November 13, 2007

A man was found guilty Wednesday of taking part in the 2002 abduction of a young couple, killing the girlfriend and leaving the boyfriend to die. ...more

November 8, 2007

Joanna Herman had no doubt who beat her Dec. 11, 2004. It was Lawrence Tener, she said from the witness stand Thursday. ...more

November 2, 2007

Before Sept. 3, 2004, Mario Ladler II was a happy, thriving preschooler with notable smarts and talents, his attorney, David Kleinberg, says. ...more

November 2, 2007

LAKELAND - A Polk County jury awarded a Lakeland family $50 million Wednesday, three years after a drunken driver hit their car, leaving their son with severe brain damage. ...more

November 1, 2007

A 16-year-old Tampa boy, who suffered permanent damage to his arm at school, and his parents were awarded $4 million by a Hillsborough County jury Monday. ...more

October 23, 2007

Abraham Shakespeare hasn't had much peace since winning a $36 million Lotto jackpot in November. ...more

October 23, 2007

TAMPA - A 16-year-old Tampa boy and his parents were awarded $4 million by a Hillsborough County jury this afternoon. Danny Heidenberg, and his parents Howard Heidenberg and Sandra Goodman, received the verdict in their suit against the Hillel School of Tampa. ...more

October 22, 2007