A Tallahassee jury has convicted Deneilo Bradshaw of first-degree murder and robbery of 23-year-old police informant Rachel Hoffman. ...more

December 17, 2009

Jamie Bernard Bain is a free man after 35 years in prison. The once-convicted rapist whose guilt was called into question by recent DNA testing was set free by a judge this morning in Polk County. ...more

December 17, 2009

Jurors called it a night Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the capital murder trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, accused of participating in the shooting and robbery of Tallahassee police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman, 23. ...more

December 17, 2009

Last week, in the trial of one of two men accused of slaying confidential informant Rachel Hoffman, state attorneys questioned some 30 witnesses to paint a picture of Deneilo Bradshaw's actions before and after Hoffman's death. ...more

December 15, 2009

A military panel found that a Marine officer displayed substandard performance in his response to the deaths of 24 Iraqis but said he should maintain his rank. ...more

December 12, 2009

The man accused of killing a 3-month-old boy and tossing him out of a car had to be removed from court Friday after an outburst during a routine hearing. ...more

December 12, 2009

An eleventh-hour defense witness in the murder trial of John Ditullio Jr. testified Friday that another neo-Nazi told her he was responsible for the stabbings of two people. ...more

December 12, 2009

The man accused of killing a 3-month-old boy and tossing him out of a car had to be removed from court today after an outburst during a routine hearing. ...more

December 11, 2009

Prosecutors have dropped two of the four rape charges against a former Walker Middle School student accused along with three schoolmates of using a broomstick and hockey stick to sodomize a student in a locker room. ...more

December 1, 2009

Letters to the editor from Nov. 28 North Pinellas edition. ...more

November 28, 2009