A federal judge in Virginia has granted bail for Sami Al-Arian while he awaits a trial in August on contempt charges. But it was unclear whether Al-Arian will be released from custody, because government authorities are still trying to hold him in immigration detention pending his deportation, according to a blog post by Jonathan Turley, one of Al-Arian's attorneys. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA – Attorneys for Sami Al-Arian are asking a federal judge in Virginia to release the former University of South Florida professor on bail while he awaits trial on charges of criminal contempt. Al-Arian has completed his federal sentence for helping a terrorist group, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, but is still behind bars because he refused to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Islamic charities in Virginia. ...more

July 9, 2008

A 24-year-old Seffner man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a gas station robbery two weeks ago. ...more

July 1, 2008

Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned Monday on two charges of criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. ...more

July 1, 2008

Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned this afternoon on two charges of criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. ...more

June 30, 2008

Federal agents raided Blackwater Worldwide this week as part of an investigation into whether the private security company sidestepped federal laws prohibiting the private purchase of automatic assault rifles, the company said Thursday. ...more

June 27, 2008

A former Tampa professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group was charged Thursday with refusing to testify before a grand jury in a related investigation. ...more

June 27, 2008

former professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group was charged Thursday with refusing to testify before a grand jury in a related investigation. ...more

June 26, 2008

Barry Bonds has pleaded not guilty to 15 felony charges of lying to a federal grand jury about his performance-enhancing drug use. ...more

June 6, 2008

Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime. ...more

May 17, 2008