A man at the center of a case that began with a plan to sell a radioactive, dirty bomb component has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug charge. ...more

January 17, 2009

A federal judge sentenced a man to life in prison Thursday for conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's Office said today. ...more

January 16, 2009

A man at the center of a case that began with a plan to sell a radioactive, dirty bomb component has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug charge. Christopher Benbow, 64, was sentenced in 2007 to life in prison, but had his drug conviction overturned by a federal appeals court. He was scheduled to go on trial again later this month. ...more

January 16, 2009

Roger Gayle Thompson avoided a trial and possible life sentence Wednesday by pleading no contest to an attempted murder charge. ...more

January 15, 2009

Correction Because of incorrect information given to a reporter, a page A1 story in Wednesday's edition stated that Jaime Marquez received a life imprisonment sentence after his trial on Tuesday. Marquez faces life in prison for his charges of robbery with a firearm, but his sentencing is set for Feb. 5. ...more

January 15, 2009

Roger Gayle Thompson avoided a trial and possible life sentence today by pleading no contest to an attempted murder charge. ...more

January 14, 2009

A Colombian drug lord was sentenced to life in prison today, the culmination of an investigation by a multiagency task force created to stop the flow of cocaine from South America to the United States, federal prosecutors say. ...more

January 12, 2009

A body discovered Friday morning in a vacant lot is that of a 15-year-old girl reported as a runaway a month ago, St. Petersburg police said. She had been shot. ...more

January 10, 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

A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer. ...more

January 9, 2009