A grand jury is calling it murder. David McBurnett Jr., 19, was indicted for first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, Hunter Morris. The child, who suffered internal bleeding, a rib fracture and "numerous contusions," died in the hospital on Sept. 12. ...more

October 3, 2009

A Detroit man has been sentenced to at least two years in prison for stealing a woman's car after skipping out on the check during their first date. ...more

October 2, 2009

The father of a suburban Philadelphia woman who faked her own abduction and fled with her daughter to Disney World has been ordered to stand trial in connection with a scuffle with TV cameramen. ...more

September 26, 2009

Setting a trial date is proving elusive in the case of Eric James Tate, accused of raping and fatally injuring his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter. ...more

July 31, 2009

It will be until September before a new trial date will be set for Stephanie Ragusa. The former Davidsen Middle School teacher had been set to be tried Aug. 10 on charges of molesting two teenagers from the school. But defense attorney Robert Herce and Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters said today that there is still too much pretrial work remaining to meet that date. ...more

July 8, 2009

A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant on trial for bribery was working behind the scenes to improve a Hurricane Katrina levee project, not to profit from it, his defense attorney told jurors Monday. ...more

March 31, 2009

"Ten twenty-four, I've been shot. Ten twenty-four, I've been shot." The call was the second one Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Edward Finneran said he heard from Sgt. Nicholas Sottile on the afternoon of Jan. 12, 2007. ...more

March 30, 2009

Jury selection for the man accused killing a woman in a Brandon nightclub got underway today. ...more

March 30, 2009

Judge delays trial for 2 weeks in Jaguars shooting ...more

March 27, 2009

The new defense lawyer for David Earley, who owes more than $377,000 in child support to his ex-wife and four children, says Earley might deserve a break because of mental illness or drug addiction. ...more

March 25, 2009