Im Savoeun remembers how they clung to each other for the last time, sobbing, as life drained from her husband after a savage beating by the Khmer Rouge. The starving man's crime was stealing a potato. ...more

February 2, 2009

A British national who started out trying to sell a radioactive isotope from Russia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge. ...more

January 20, 2009

Three more men have been arrested and extradited to the United States in an ongoing Tampa-based investigation that targets Colombian drug smugglers. ...more

December 11, 2008

On July 10, 2004, Sharon Sprout aimed a .38-caliber pistol at the back of her sleeping boyfriend's head and pulled the trigger, detectives say she told them. ...more

November 15, 2008

In a drug case, a former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced Friday to home detention and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty. ...more

September 13, 2008

A former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced this morning to home detention, and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to drug charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

A former Pasco County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. Don Riggans, 34, faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of life for possessing a firearm in connection with drug trafficking. He also has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to possess hydrocodone, a charge that carries up to five years behind bars. ...more

September 11, 2008

Federal authorities say a 78-year-old Fort Myers mental health counselor drove to Tampa to meet two prepubescent boys so he could beat them and have sex with them. ...more

July 26, 2008

TAMPA - A 78-year-old Fort Myers mental health counselor is accused by federal authorities of driving to Tampa to meet two prepubescent boys over the Internet so he could beat them and have sex with them. ...more

July 25, 2008