Cops: Woman Kicks, Bites Deputy LAKE PLACID - A Lake Placid woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bond Wednesday after she was accused by a sheriff's deputy of kicking and biting him and resisting him violently while she was being transported. ...more

September 13, 2008

The owner and managers of the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant were charged Tuesday with more than 9,000 misdemeanors alleging they hired minors and in some cases had children younger than 16 handle dangerous equipment such as circular saws, meat grinders and power shears. ...more

September 10, 2008

A 28-year-old man who tried to hang himself with a bedsheet at Falkenburg Road Jail this week has died, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 6, 2008

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told investigators that he could not recall whether he took home notes regarding the government's most sensitive national security program and that he did not know they contained classified information, despite his own markings that they were "top secret - eyes only," according to a Justice Department report released Tuesday. ...more

September 3, 2008

Eloise Mudway was 83 and facing the prospect of living the rest of her life alone when she let Cynthia and Joseph Clancy move in to her Hilltop Drive home. ...more

August 30, 2008

Immigration officials confirmed Thursday that Hillsborough County deputies and St. Petersburg police contacted them Aug. 5 about the immigration status of Rigoberto Moron Martinez, who later would be charged in the rapes of several women. ...more

August 29, 2008

Immigration officials confirmed today that Hillsborough County deputies and St. Petersburg police contacted them Aug. 5 about the immigration status of Rigoberto Moron Martinez, who later would be charged in the rapes of several women. ...more

August 28, 2008

The attorney for the family of one of two people who recently committed suicide at Tampa General Hospital has called on the State Attorney's Office to launch a criminal probe into the matter. ...more

August 26, 2008

An attorney for the estate of a woman who hanged herself at Tampa General Hospital is urging the state attorney's office to pursue manslaughter charges in the case. ...more

August 25, 2008

Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone younger than 19. ...more

August 23, 2008