A lawyer sleeping in court may be "inexcusable," according to a federal appeals court, but it's no excuse for the client. ...more

December 31, 2008

Federal prosecutors today released copies of evidence in the case of a former University of South Florida student who was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison for providing material support to terrorists. ...more

December 19, 2008

The YouTube video was on the Internet only a few days but was viewed nearly 800 times before the Web site operators saw it and took it down, prosecutors said. ...more

December 19, 2008

A former University of South Florida student was sentenced this morning to 15 years in federal prison for providing aid to terrorists by making an Internet video on how to use a toy to start a bomb by remote control ...more

December 18, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for participating in a drug ring by using his patrol car and service weapon to rob a man he thought was a drug courier. ...more

December 13, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for participating in a drug ring by using his patrol car and service weapon to rob a man he thought was a drug courier. ...more

December 13, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy was sentenced this afternoon to two years in federal prison for participating in a drug ring by using his patrol car and service weapon to rob a man he thought was a drug courier. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA Crosby, a 17-month-old Labrador, poked his nose into a series of paint cans set in a circle inside Raymond James Stadium. Inside were odors meant to test the dog, the newest canine in the Tampa field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ...more

December 10, 2008

Seven members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida and sold them to street gangs in Puerto Rico have received prison sentences ranging from one to 14 years. ...more

December 5, 2008

A Port Richey pain doctor convicted of six charges of possessing and receiving child pornography was sentenced this afternoon to 33 years and 9 months in federal prison. ...more

November 24, 2008