A federal judge said today she doesn't have the authority to change slumlord Steven Green's 33-month prison sentence to probation. ...more

January 23, 2009

A federal judge accused a 29-year-old Tampa man of faking mental problems, and then sentenced him today to life behind bars, plus 82 years, for his role in a crime spree in which a county firefighter was carjacked. ...more

January 23, 2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit in federal court against missing Sarasota hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel and his business entities, accusing Nadel of deceiving investors and funneling their money into secret bank accounts. ...more

January 22, 2009

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An Indiana investment adviser is not mentally competent to be tried on charges he deliberately crashed his plane in the Florida Panhandle in a botched plot to fake his death to escape financial ruin, his public defender said Wednesday. ...more

January 21, 2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit in federal court against missing Sarasota hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel and his business entities, accusing Nadel of committing fraud by deceiving investors and funneling their money into secret bank accounts. ...more

January 21, 2009

A federal grand jury indicted an Indiana investment adviser Tuesday on charges of deliberately crashing his small airplane in the Florida Panhandle to try to fake his own death as part of a plan to escape financial ruin. ...more

January 20, 2009

There's an opening in Tampa for a federal magistrate judge. U.S. Magistrate Mary Scriven recently was elevated to district court judge. ...more

January 19, 2009

Five men facing trial on charges they were involved in the Gambino organized crime family are asking a federal judge to transfer their trial from Tampa to New York. ...more

January 19, 2009

A federal judge sentenced a man to life in prison Thursday for conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's Office said today. ...more

January 16, 2009

A federal judge has refused to stop President-elect Barack Obama from using the words "so help me God" when he takes the oath of office Tuesday. ...more

January 15, 2009