Former Port Richey lawyer Jessica Miller was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail Tuesday for failing to appear at a court hearing in December. ...more

July 9, 2008

A 24-year-old Seffner man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a gas station robbery two weeks ago. ...more

July 1, 2008

Former lawyer Jessica Miller was sent to jail Monday after a judge found her in contempt of court for failing to appear at a hearing last year. ...more

June 24, 2008

TAMPA – Former University of South Florida student Ahmed Mohamed has agreed to plead guilty to providing material support to terrorists, according to a signed 12-page plea agreement entered onto the docket in U.S. District Court. ...more

June 13, 2008

This city may be known for its thriving adult entertainment industry, but a federal jury drew the line Thursday, convicting a California movie producer of 10 counts of distributing obscene materials. ...more

June 6, 2008

Mercades Nichols will have to wait for trial to tell her version of what happened to Victoria Lindsay in the now infamous Lakeland video beating. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA - Mercades Nichols, one of six teens accused of beating Victoria Lindsay and recording the attack so it could be posted online, was partially successful this morning in seeking permission from a judge to have house arrest and other restrictions lifted. ...more

June 3, 2008

Lou Pearlman, the man made famous for creating the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for engineering a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of their life savings. ...more

May 22, 2008

A case that began with allegations of sexual misconduct ended Monday with a former Army recruiter pleading guilty to a misdemeanor and leaving the courthouse to begin serving six months of probation. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA – Two men pleaded guilty this morning to charges they were middlemen in a bribery scheme through which unqualified people obtained commercial driver's licenses. ...more

April 23, 2008