A transient was sentenced to five years in prison this morning in connection with the strangulation of a man in Clearwater in 2008. ...more

December 22, 2009

A Pasco County jury deliberated for 20 minutes Tuesday before finding a Spring Hill teen not guilty of culpable negligence manslaughter. ...more

December 10, 2009

A 39-year-old Kenneth City man was drunk when the car he was driving Aug. 23 rear-ended a pickup truck, killing its driver, according to court records. William Storey was booked Tuesday into the Pinellas County Jail on a charge of driving under the influence-manslaughter. ...more

December 9, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's deputies were investigating after a decomposed body was found Friday afternoon near the USA Flea Market in Port Richey. ...more

November 21, 2009

A teenage mom whose 11-month-old son died after being left unattended in a bathtub has been charged with manslaughter, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

November 12, 2009

LARGO (AP) — A high school senior won't go to jail for borrowing his mother's car when he was 15 and causing a fatal accident. ...more

November 9, 2009

I am surprised you printed Keith O'Dell's diatribe against John Nash. Even with your follow-up correcting Mr. O'Dell's assertion that Mr. Nash's column violated "journalism," something he certainly should have known, you simply provided a forum for Mr. O'Dell to spew venom at Mr. Nash, with virtually nothing to justify it. ...more

November 4, 2009

Josh Chapin knew the kid playing high school basketball for him was something special. ...more

November 4, 2009

One of east Pasco County's oldest pending criminal cases was resolved Thursday when Michael Louis Berencsi pleaded guilty to manslaughter. ...more

October 30, 2009

Members of the courtroom audience were completely silent as Judge Peter Estrada addressed Travis Kelton Hill III before formally sentencing him for DUI manslaughter on Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009