DNA analysis indicates a 3-year-old boy living in a Bogota foster home is the child of a woman held captive by leftist rebels for nearly six years, Colombia's top prosecutor said Friday. ...more

January 5, 2008

Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Wednesday that the Justice Department has elevated its inquiry into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes to a formal criminal investigation headed by a career federal prosecutor. ...more

January 3, 2008

A disbarred Clearwater lawyer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy and wire fraud, admitting he stole millions in a real estate scheme. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA A - disbarred Clearwater lawyer pleaded guilty this morning to conspiracy and wire fraud, admitting he stole millions in a real estate scheme. Graham Kligerman, 33, was disbarred two years ago. When his law practice was failing, according to court documents and a federal prosecutor, he diverted money from the real estate scheme to himself and his law practice clients. ...more

December 18, 2007

A federal judge refused to order separate trials for two University of South Florida students accused of transporting explosives. ...more

November 30, 2007

A federal judge refused to order separate trials for two University of South Florida students accused of transporting explosives. ...more

November 29, 2007

A man accused of being a "sleeper agent" sent to spy on Saddam Hussein's enemies in the United States was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for lying about his ties to the former regime. ...more

November 28, 2007

When investigators from a Tampa-based operation seized 27 tons of cocaine from two ships, they hit one of Colombia's most powerful drug organizations, the Norte del Valle Cartel, a federal prosecutor said today. ...more

November 21, 2007

When Debbie J. Nieto ran Tampa Bay Reads, she used the charity's coffers to finance the lifestyle she thought she deserved, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. ...more

November 21, 2007

TAMPA - The former executive director of a charity that promoted literacy was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $200,000 from Tampa Bay Reads, which forced the organization to shut its doors. ...more

November 20, 2007