A federal appeals court handed prosecutors a defeat Wednesday in the case of a former University of South Florida student awaiting trial on charges he illegally transported explosives. ...more

January 22, 2009

The months leading up to Donna Young's death hadn't been great for her only son. ...more

January 21, 2009

A federal appeals court handed prosecutors a defeat this afternoon in the case of a former University of South Florida student awaiting trial on charges he illegally transported explosives. The prosecution lost its appeal of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday in the case of Youssef Megahed. ...more

January 21, 2009

The jurors leaned forward in their seats, craning their necks at the photos splayed before them. ...more

January 16, 2009

A 78-year-old mental health therapist who faces up to life in prison is asking for a new trial on a federal charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. ...more

January 9, 2009

An attorney for condemned killer Joseph Smith is asking the Florida Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence. Smith was sentenced to death for killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia in 2004. His abduction of the middle school student was captured on security cameras and broadcast nationwide. ...more

January 7, 2009

Jurors returned a guilty verdict Thursday against a man accused of molesting his teenage relative. ...more

December 19, 2008

Robert Nowak of Polk County was convicted today of hiring a hit man called "Reaper" to bump off an Internal Revenue Service tax auditor. ...more

December 18, 2008

Trial opened Wednesday for a man accused of molesting a girl when she was 14. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA - Prosecutors called a parade of police officers and crime scene investigators to the witness stand this morning, hoping to establish the forensic foundation to convict Amos Mequel Busby of kidnapping a woman and repeatedly raping her for three hours. ...more

December 16, 2008