A toddler wandered out of his home early Thursday, crawled two blocks to U.S. 41 and was about to cross the busy road when a driver stopped to help him, police say. The discovery of the child on Sarasota's busiest thoroughfare triggered a criminal investigation. Detectives went door-to-door to find the boy's parents -- and eventually discovered them at home asleep. ...more

September 12, 2008

A sheriff's lieutenant was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday pending the outcome of a criminal investigation. ...more

September 5, 2008

Michael Tringali, indicted in July along with former partner Neil Mohamed Husani and two other men on federal charges that they orchestrated an $82.8 million scheme to defraud seven banks on Florida's west coast, is seeking a federal judge's permission to travel to Atlanta as needed for business. ...more

August 29, 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

A grand jury formally charged a Brooksville man with two counts of first-degree murder Tuesday in connection with a brutal Masaryktown slaying. ...more

August 7, 2008

An anonymous tip called in to the clerk of court's office on March 25 has led to a sheriff's investigation into allegations that five county employees have been stealing county gasoline and/or diesel for use in their personal vehicles. ...more

August 6, 2008

An anonymous tip called in to the clerk of court's office on March 25 has led to a sheriff's investigation into allegations that five county employees have been stealing county gasoline and/or diesel for use in their personal vehicles. ...more

August 5, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The mother of a missing 2-year-old Orlando girl argued with her mother and said she didn't know the whereabouts of her child in a telephone call from jail released Friday. ...more

July 25, 2008

MIAMI (AP) -- The grandmother of a missing 2-year-old told an emergency dispatcher that a car driven by the girl's mother smelled like there had been a dead body inside, according to recordings of 911 calls released Thursday. ...more

July 24, 2008