A former Hillsborough County deputy accused of forcing a hit-and-run suspect to perform a sex act on him was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison and 10 years of sex offender probation. ...more

December 11, 2009

Letters to the editor from Dec. 5 West Pasco editions of The Suncoast News. ...more

December 5, 2009

Letters to the editor from the Dec. 5 North Pinellas print edition of The Suncoast News. ...more

December 5, 2009

Convicted rapist Jerrod Pass faces three more life terms after being found guilty Friday in another sexual assault. ...more

November 7, 2009

A man charged with raping a woman in 2008 won't be able to confront his accuser at trial this week. ...more

October 28, 2009

A man charged with raping a woman last year won't be able to confront his accuser at trial this week. ...more

October 27, 2009

Bernard Madoff has yet to face the many investors he is accused of ripping off in a jaw-dropping Ponzi scheme that amounted to one of the biggest financial frauds in history. ...more

March 9, 2009

Bernard Madoff could soon find himself in a courtroom with some of the same devastated investors who he is accused of ripping off in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. ...more

March 7, 2009

The woman's story sounded like a nightmare: raped during 2007's Gasparilla festivities, then jailed once police discovered she was wanted on an outstanding warrant. ...more

January 15, 2009

TAMPA -- After more than a year of investigation, Tampa police can't find any evidence that a woman who reported she was raped during 2007's Gasparilla festivities was attacked, a report states. Police released the 52-page report today in response to a public records request. ...more

January 14, 2009