TAMPA - One of two University of South Florida students accused of transporting explosives has asked the courts to throw out the evidence against him because the search was racially motivated and illegal. ...more

December 21, 2007

LAKELAND - An afternoon standoff in a quiet north Lakeland neighborhood ended peacefully with the arrest of a fugitive who escaped from a police car after an arrest several months ago, Lakeland police said. ...more

December 19, 2007

After a three-hour, emotional hearing filled with apologies, tears and requests for mercy, a former Wharton High School teacher and basketball coach was sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years probation after pleading guilty to a sexual relationship with one of her students. ...more

December 6, 2007

When 22-year-old Solymarie Roman was found slain, her body burned, in a northeast Polk County orange grove, suspicion quickly focused on her boyfriend, Mourad Balzourt. ...more

November 30, 2007

POINCIANA - When 22-year-old Solymarie Roman was found slain her body burned in a northeast Polk County orange grove, suspicion quickly focused on her boyfriend, Mourad Balzourt. ...more

November 29, 2007

TAMPA - Investigators who went to search the home of a registered sex offender for evidence of Internet child pornography found the suspect naked at his computer, according to a federal complaint. ...more

November 27, 2007

A Hillsborough County deputy has resigned amid allegations he beat a suspect on the head with a pair of handcuffs and then punched the man after he was restrained, according to sheriff's documents. ...more

November 1, 2007

TAMPA - A Hillsborough County deputy has resigned amid allegations he beat a suspect on the head with a pair of handcuffs and then punched the man after he was restrained, according to sheriff's documents. ...more

October 31, 2007

As official Washington argues over the spiraling price of the war in Iraq, consider this: Outfitting a soldier for battle costs a hundred times more now than it did in World War II. It was $170 then, is about $17,500 now, and could be an estimated $28,000 to $60,000 by the middle of the next decade. ...more

October 3, 2007

Former President Alberto Fujimori, awaiting trial in Peru on seven charges of corruption and human rights violations, is being held in poor conditions, his attorney and daughter said Monday. ...more

September 25, 2007