BRADENTON - Four years ago, a 14-year-old girl who was staying at a motel here on a trip to Key West was abducted and driven off in a car, then raped while the attacker's shirt covered her face. ...more

June 20, 2008

SARASOTA — Hotel owner Czelaw "Chester" Jarosz fought back when a robber came into his North Trail motel office, police said. ...more

June 7, 2008

The members of a polygamist sect raided by authorities two months ago have their children back, but with a criminal investigation looming, the sect's troubles may not be over. ...more

June 5, 2008

Long-shot DNA testing may now be all that stands in the way of Samuel Jason Derrick's execution for stabbing a Moon Lake shopkeeper more than 30 times during a June 1987 robbery. ...more

May 30, 2008

City officials have agreed to pay $2.2 million to a man wrongfully convicted of six murders and a rape. ...more

May 11, 2008

TAMPA - Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer, will meet with Alan Crotzer today in Tallahassee and sign the final paperwork needed to pay Crotzer $1.25 million for his wrongful imprisonment. ...more

May 6, 2008

The wrong place at the wrong time can bring a world of trouble. ...more

January 19, 2008

Three times during his nearly 27 years in prison, Charles Chatman went before a parole board and refused to admit he was a rapist. His steadfastness was vindicated Thursday, when a judge released him because of new DNA evidence showing he wasn't. ...more

January 4, 2008

Who killed Benazir Bhutto? Many Pakistanis fear that the former prime minister's assassination Thursday will remain yet another unsolved political mystery. ...more

December 31, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County Sheriff's Office arrested a 48-year-old truck driver on a first-degree murder charge more than a year after the death of a Land O' Lakes woman. ...more

November 18, 2007