A jury had to decide on Tuesday whether fear for one's safety justifies leaving the scene of a fatal accident. ...more

February 4, 2009

Jury decided Blair's fear of being attacked was reason enough to leave scene of fatal accident. ...more

February 3, 2009

Two men sentenced to federal prison for cheating investors out of more than $100 million in an insurance scheme have failed to convince an appeals court that they were unfairly convicted of mail fraud. ...more

February 2, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday overturned the conviction and sentence of a former male model accused of fatally stabbing a friend and office worker in 2003. ...more

January 31, 2009

Testimony is expected to begin today in the trial of a Lutz man accused of performing a sexually suggestive dance with an 8-year-old girl. ...more

January 27, 2009

A federal judge told lawyers this afternoon to get ready to take the case of Youseff Megahed to trial. ...more

January 26, 2009

A keystone of Richard McDivitt's trial in December was the emotional testimony of the teenage girl he allegedly molested. ...more

January 24, 2009

A Riverview man who ran over his neighbor's 3-year-old son in his pickup was found guilty this morning of DUI-manslaughter and other charges in the toddler's death. ...more

January 23, 2009

Ryan Young told a judge Thursday that he did not wish to take the stand in his own defense. ...more

January 23, 2009

The last time Early Williams saw his 3-year-old neighbor Eddie Gould alive, the boy was hunched over a toy truck pushing it toward the road through their trailer park. ...more

January 22, 2009