Former state appeals court Judge Thomas Stringer should not receive any prison time or probation for committing bank fraud, Stringer's attorney says in court papers. ...more

November 13, 2009

Former state appeals court judge Thomas Stringer should not receive any prison time or probation for committing bank fraud, Stringer's lawyer says in court papers. ...more

November 13, 2009

Plastic pipes in the trunk of a car pulled over in South Carolina in 2007 contained a "low-explosive" mixture of sugar and potassium nitrate, an FBI expert testified this morning in the federal trial of a former University of South Florida student. ...more

March 23, 2009

A man with a 34-year criminal record who was secretly recorded talking about two slayings and other crimes pleaded guilty this morning to a federal weapons charge. ...more

February 5, 2009

A bill passed Wednesday would make human smuggling a third degree felony with a five-year maximum prison sentence. ...more

February 4, 2009

A Pinellas County telemarketer pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, admitting he failed to pay more than $136,000 in federal taxes in 2004. ...more

January 28, 2009

A man with a 34-year criminal record who talked in secretly recorded conversations about two slayings and other crimes has agreed to plead guilty to a federal weapons charge. ...more

January 21, 2009

The U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a plea agreement with a St. Petersburg man accused of participating in a complicated mortgage fraud scheme. ...more

August 14, 2008

A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ...more

August 8, 2008

Former lottery multimillionaire Rhoda Toth has agreed to plead guilty to signing a false tax return. ...more

November 3, 2007