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

April 1, 2009

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

March 31, 2009

What prosecutors describe as dangerous explosives were actually harmless, homemade model rockets, a defense attorney told jurors as the trial of former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed opened Wednesday. ...more

March 19, 2009

What deputies thought were pipe bombs and prosecutors describe as dangerous explosives were actually harmless, homemade model rockets, a defense lawyer told jurors as the trial of Youssef Megahed opened this morning. ...more

March 18, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon began the tedious process of winnowing the pool of potential jurors into those who will hear testimony in the case of Youssef Megahed, a former University of South Florida student charged with transporting explosives. ...more

March 16, 2009

Lawyers for Youssef Megahed want a judge to determine whether something improper happened when a grand jury indicted the former University of South Florida student on charges of illegally transporting explosives. ...more

February 3, 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

The idea seemed like a win-win for everyone. Everyone was going to get rich and help the environment and national security in the process. ...more

August 23, 2008

Two of Polk County's most notorious fugitives were sentenced today in federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud people into investing in an alternative fuel business. ...more

August 22, 2008

Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy-band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million. ...more

July 17, 2008