Either way, Robert Shane Ballard's life was on the line. Facing a sentence of life in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, Ballard decided to risk his life and cooperate with investigators. He would provide information about other drug dealers. ...more

October 24, 2009

Either way, Robert Shane Ballard's life was on the line. Facing a sentence of life in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, Ballard decided to risk his life and cooperate with investigators. He would provide information about other drug dealers. ...more

October 22, 2009

A Lakeland man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for his role in the March 2006 robbery of a Dover brothel in which a man was killed. ...more

January 12, 2009

After eight hours of deliberation, a jury found 21-year-old Justin Jerrod Grayer guilty of murder Friday in a home invasion robbery in which a man was bludgeoned to death with a hammer. ...more

September 6, 2008

TAMPA - After eight hours of deliberation, a jury found 21-year-old Justin Jerrod Grayer guilty of murder today Friday in a home invasion robbery in which a man was bludgeoned to death with a hammer. ...more

September 5, 2008

A statement David Lee Onstott made to law enforcement during his interrogation was thrown out. Jurors never heard it. The remaining evidence was scant: no DNA, no fingerprints. ...more

August 21, 2008

A federal jury Tuesday found the fourth and final defendant guilty in the 1998 murder of a Haines City police officer, wrapping up the decade-old case. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - A federal jury today found the fourth and final defendant guilty in the 1998 murder of a Haines City Police officer, wrapping up the decade-old case. ...more

June 17, 2008