A Sarasota man who hired men to beat his elderly in-laws has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. ...more

March 23, 2009

Three men hired to help attack a Sarasota man's in-laws have been sentenced to federal prison terms. ...more

February 23, 2009

A second-grade teacher at Summerfield Crossings Elementary School has been charged with possession and delivery of heroin and crack cocaine, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 15, 2008

Alex Shevgert was convicted today of all counts by a jury that found him responsible for orchestrating attacks on his parents-in-law because they cut him off financially. ...more

November 14, 2008

TAMPA A jury is deliberating today in the case of a man accused of orchestrating attacks on his parents-in-law because they cut him off financially. Alex Shevgert is accused of hiring men to attack Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk, who both suffered skull fractures. The couple were attacked three times in separate incidents, two in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, N.Y., and one in their home in Sarasota. ...more

November 14, 2008

Emelia Shevgert told a jury she doesn't believe her husband is guilty of orchestrating attacks on her parents."I believe that my husband could not do such a thing," she testified today in the trial of her husband, Alex, who is accused of hiring people to attack his in-laws because they had stopped giving him money after financing a string of failed businesses. ...more

November 13, 2008

After he was arrested in connection with attacks on his parents-in-law, Alex Shevgert said he was afraid his father-in-law was going to have him killed, an FBI agent testified this morning. ...more

November 12, 2008

Larik Cholak insisted this morning that Alex Shevgert telephoned him to let him know his parents-in-law were home the night of Dec. 12. ...more

November 10, 2008

Galina Komissarchuk said she and her husband had been arguing with their daughter and son-in-law, when her daughter unexpectedly showed up at her parents' Sarasota house late at night. ...more

November 5, 2008

The first time he was attacked, Grigori Komissarchuk had gone to Home Depot to buy a fan. ...more

November 5, 2008