The State Attorney's Office has dropped a felony burglary charge against University of Florida safety Tony Joiner, who was arrested Tuesday and accused of breaking into a towing company impound yard to retrieve his girlfriend's car. The decision paves the way for Joiner, Florida's most experienced defensive back, to play today against top-ranked LSU. ...more

October 5, 2007

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office announced Friday that a grand jury indicted two more suspects in the Bryan Edward "Red" Fanning arson, kidnapping and murder case, bringing the total number of suspects to four. The grand jury found there was probable cause to indict Terrence Jerome "TJ" Barnett, 26, of Frostproof and Leeann Parker, 25, of Lake Wales, who were charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, first-degree arson and robbery. Both Barnett and Parker remained in the Polk County Jail on unrelated methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession charges, according to Donna Wood, Polk County sheriff's public information ...more

September 22, 2007

David Lee Onstott, who is awaiting trial on charges he killed a 13-year-old Ruskin girl, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. ...more

September 21, 2007