An 83-year-old pain management doctor has been indicted on 10 charges of illegally prescribing pain and anti-anxiety medications from his Busch Boulevard office. ...more

March 24, 2009

2008 Deaths Of Note In The Tampa Bay Area ...more

December 29, 2008

CHICAGO - The investigation of decades-old claims that Chicago police tortured suspects with beatings, electric shocks and games of Russian roulette won't stop with last week's federal indictment of a controversial homicide commander. ...more

October 25, 2008

Hundreds of AK-47-type weapons were smuggled from Florida into Puerto Rico more than four years by a ring of 15 people, according to documents on file in U.S. District Court. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - Hundreds of AK-47-type weapons were smuggled from Florida into Puerto Rico over four years by a ring of 15 people, according to documents on file in U.S. District Court. ...more

June 25, 2008

Two more men were indicted Tuesday in the fatal beatings of two homeless men 10 years ago in the name of white supremacy. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA – A former Chicago police officer who became a local lawyer, Vincent James Krocka is now serving a state prison sentence after being convicted in a standoff with sheriff's deputies. ...more

June 24, 2008

TAMPA – Two more men were indicted today on charges they beat two homeless men to death 10 years ago in the name of white supremacy. ...more

June 24, 2008

Former Hillsborough County State Attorney Bill James, whose career as a crusader against corruption included the federal indictment of three Hillsborough County commissioners, has died at 75. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - A panel of jurors saw an extreme hard-core pornographic movie today and is expected to see many more as it weighs whether a California porn producer, who uses the name Max Hardcore, has violated criminal obscenity laws. Today, U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew decided federal prosecutors can show excerpts of the movies as they put on their case. Defense lawyers for Max Hardcore, whose real name is Paul F. Little, argued that jurors need to see the entirety of the movies because the repetition of the acts is a necessary component. ...more

May 29, 2008