Drug suspect held on $4.2 million bond ...more

October 13, 2009

Investigators have broken up a Tampa-based drug trafficking organization responsible for the sale of up to 17.5 ounces of heroin a week, Tampa police say. ...more

December 2, 2008

A 37-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest subprime mortgage companies, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

February 14, 2008

A 37-year-old woman pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest sub-prime mortgage companies, Attorney General Bill McCollum. ...more

February 13, 2008

Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner shoots two of them to death - but it's the surviving black man who is charged with murder. ...more

November 16, 2007

BRADENTON - The man suspected of leading a violent street gang in Manatee County was sentenced to seven years in prison on a racketeering charge today. Attorney General Bill McCollum considered the sentencing of Jose Angel Lopez, 19, of Bradenton, a "significant victory in the fight against gang violence with the guilty plea," his office said in a statement. ...more

September 17, 2007