Late one night in the summer of 2005, Matthew Sepi, a 20-year-old Iraq combat veteran, headed out to a 7-Eleven in the seedy Las Vegas neighborhood where he had settled after leaving the Army. ...more

January 13, 2008

The admitted leader of a band of Chicago police officers who ripped off drug dealers and funneled narcotics onto the city's streets was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison. ...more

January 4, 2008

TAMPA A 20-year-old man arrested in June as part of a roundup of suspected gang members has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. ...more

January 2, 2008

The teenager with the red handkerchief across his face dances for the camera, keeping time to a beat only he can hear. ...more

December 22, 2007

Each of Florida's 67 counties has at least one gang member in state prison, but there is no statewide law enforcement strategy to reduce gang activity, state Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

December 20, 2007

The Gang Reduction Strategy Summit today and Thursday in Tallahassee will help local and state law enforcement agencies, as well as the school systems and programs that work with at-risk youth, come up with a strategy. ...more

December 19, 2007

PARRISH - Police are looking for vandals who "tagged" more than a dozen houses, cars and mailboxes with gang graffiti over the weekend, authorities reported. ...more

November 19, 2007

WESLEY CHAPEL - A 35-year-old man whom authorities call the "No. 1" suspect in a recent Okeechobee County homicide was arrested Sunday on federal probation violation charges stemming from prior bank robbery, narcotics and weapons possession convictions. ...more

November 19, 2007

TAMPA - A 21-year-old Brandon man has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for distributing crack cocaine. ...more

November 16, 2007

A Tampa police detective and an FBI agent paid large sums of money to a known thief, liar and convicted felon, using him as their chief informant during an investigation of the Latin Kings street gang, a defense attorney is trying to prove in a hearing that began Thursday. ...more

November 9, 2007