Cylinda McKibbin sat quietly at a work table in the corner of the room, carefully swirling a brush into paint colors in a dime-store paint set. ...more

July 5, 2008

Al Hamdan's car was found abandoned in the 4900 block of Nassau Street on July 11, 2002. It had fresh fire damage and old front-end body damage. His body was found four days later inside the Colonial Grand apartment complex on Temple Terrace Highway. Al Hamdan, a Saudi Arabia native, was 53. ...more

July 1, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY – A Pasco Sheriff's Office spokesman has been honored by his professional peers. ...more

July 1, 2008

More than 115,000 felons who completed their sentences have had their civil rights restored since a new state rule went into effect 14 months ago, Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday. ...more

June 18, 2008

Had I been asked, I could have supplied Sen. John McCain a much more accurate speech for his "end of first term." Here is my suggestion: ...more

June 12, 2008

CLEARWATER - Audio tapes of Nick Bollea's telephone conversations with his parents and sister were released last week by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office at the request of a local television station. Inmates at the Pinellas County Jail – where Bollea, 17, is serving an eight-month sentence in the car wreck that left his friend John Graziano with brain damage – are informed their conversations may be recorded, said Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner. There are signs informing them, and a tape-recorded message intermittently alerts the inmates of the possible recording during their conversations. ...more

May 28, 2008

A teenager, accused of rape, and his mother, accused of violating probation, appeared in court Tuesday morning before the same judge. ...more

May 21, 2008

The citizens' panel reviewing Hillsborough County jails is showing the diligence and objectivity necessary to find the truth about an operation whose reputation was tarnished when a jail guard dumped a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair. ...more

May 19, 2008

SEBRING — Church services are held on Fridays for some of the Highlands County Detention Facility inmates, and Joe Valentin is one of their pastors. The Southern Baptist minister comes to the jail once a week, giving sermons that rarely go beyond 15 minutes but spread a message of hope and faith to those that have "all the time in the world" to consider it, he said. ...more

May 12, 2008

Some administrative procedures at Hillsborough County jails need tweaking, according to an ongoing audit of the policies. ...more

May 10, 2008