A 35-year-old Plant City man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. ...more

June 26, 2009

Randy Nowak told a judge today that he never wanted any harm to come to the IRS officer he tried to have killed. ...more

March 5, 2009

A 45-year-old Tampa man was sentenced today to six months in a halfway house and five years probation for trying to bring a hunting knife onto an airplane. ...more

January 29, 2009

A public access television network that had its funding cut by the county commission can continue to broadcast for at least four more years, according to a tentative settlement of the network's lawsuit against Hillsborough County. ...more

January 7, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission has tentatively settled a lawsuit by a public access television network over $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

January 6, 2009

One member of the media can see the face of an undercover agent who authorities say posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" willing to kill an IRS agent for a Polk County man. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA A federal judge is scheduled to decide today whether an undercover agent who posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" can testify behind a screen to protect his identify. The agent is a key witness in the trial of Randy Nowak, 49, a construction company owner from Mulberry who is accused of plotting to kill IRS officer Christine Brand. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA A man who stole scores of laptop computers across the country, then sold them on eBay, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today. U.S. District Judge James Moody imposed the maximum statutory sentence on Eric Brandon Almly, 34, exceeding federal sentencing guidelines by two years. ...more

December 10, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years. ...more

November 25, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years behind bars. ...more

November 24, 2008