Last week's first-degree murder trial of avowed neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. ended in a mistrial. All but two of the jurors were convinced Ditullio was innocent. During a hearing Monday, Ditullio was ordered to undergo a retrial in March of next year. Some have suggested the outcome of the trial might have been different if Circuit Judge Michael Andrews had not allowed the defense to have tattoos on Ditullio's face, including a Nazi swastika, covered by makeup. If Judge Andrews erred, he erred on the side of caution. ...more

December 16, 2009

Letters to the editor from Dec. 12 editions. ...more

December 16, 2009

A murder trial rife with controversy and surprise produced another twist Friday night: ...more

December 12, 2009

Please tell me this was a typo: Judge Michael Andrews approved paying $125 a day to a make-up artist so that an accused criminal's tattoos can be covered up. ...more

December 10, 2009

The complexion of self-professed neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. that prospective jurors saw Monday was quite a bit cleaner than the one seen Friday afternoon in Pasco County Circuit Court. ...more

December 8, 2009

John Ditullio Jr. has chosen to decorate his neck with a pair of tattoos - a swastika on the right side and an expletive on the left. ...more

December 5, 2009

John Ditullio Jr. has chosen to decorate his neck with a pair of tattoos – a swastika on the right side and an expletive on the left. ...more

December 4, 2009

A woman whose severe mental illness drove her to kill her 2-year-old son died last month at Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee. ...more

November 19, 2009

James Cregger's attempt to explain away a sexual battery charge with a conspiracy theory failed. ...more

October 29, 2009

They call him "Psycho." At 20, Michael Andrews, a former Pasco High School football player, still has the desire to smash his helmet and shoulder pads into other humans - and leave them motionless in the dirt, if possible. ...more

March 21, 2009