A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop. ...more

November 19, 2009

A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing music. ...more

July 31, 2009

A Pasco County man faces up to two years in federal prison for failing to pay more than $110,000 in child support, according to the U.S.Department of Justice. ...more

May 28, 2009

A federal jury has found a Spring Hill man guilty of assaulting a flight crew after arriving at Orlando International Airport, the U.S. State Attorney's Office said. ...more

May 21, 2009

Nearly three hours of deliberations today failed to produce a verdict in the federal explosives trial of Youssef Megahed. ...more

March 31, 2009

St. Petersburg police officer Stephen Mathews had the day off Monday, but when he heard radio transmissions of shots fired during a drug bust gone wrong, he decided he had to help. ...more

March 4, 2009

Two men sentenced to federal prison for cheating investors out of more than $100 million in an insurance scheme have failed to convince an appeals court that they were unfairly convicted of mail fraud. ...more

February 2, 2009

Max Hardcore has asked a judge for permission to go to Vegas before he heads off to prison. Hardcore, whose real name is Paul Little, was convicted by a Tampa federal jury of 10 obscenity charges for adult videos he made, starred in and sold over the Internet and through the mail. ...more

January 8, 2009

A federal jury has ordered the NFL Players Association to pay $28.1 million to retired players after finding the union failed to properly market their images. ...more

November 11, 2008

A federal jury has ordered the NFL Players Association to pay $28.1 million to retired players after finding the union failed to properly market their images. ...more

November 10, 2008