Vincent George Brown pleaded not guilty today to kidnapping and killing his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Johnson in November. ...more

February 3, 2009

The city that a year ago watched the unfolding tragedy of the abduction and murder of 21-year-old North Port mother Denise Lee will pause today at City Hall to remember her. ...more

January 17, 2009

The city that a year ago watched the unfolding tragedy of the abduction and slaying of 21-year-old North Port mother Denise Lee will pause Saturday at City Hall to remember her. ...more

January 16, 2009

The lawyer for a Florida mother charged with murder over her missing daughter is seeking a court order for a mall surveillance video that may show the little girl alive last month. ...more

December 11, 2008

Manatee deputies arrested a Bradenton man they say killed a man whose body was found in a Palmetto palm tree farm in October. ...more

November 16, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office arrested two suspects Saturday in a purse snatching that fatally injured a Hudson woman. ...more

November 16, 2008

A federal appeals court today upheld the conviction of Scott Schweickert for conspiring with Steven Lorenzo to drug and torture two men who died in Lorenzo's Seminole Heights home. The court also upheld Schweickert's conviction for drugging one of the men, Michael Wachholtz, with the intent to commit a crime of violence. ...more

October 31, 2008

Suspected of helping Steven Lorenzo drug, torture and kill two men in his Seminole Heights home, Scott Schweickert had information detectives badly wanted. ...more

October 12, 2008

Detectives say a man jailed in Pasco County on murder charges is connected to an April 8 fatal shooting outside a Tampa restaurant. ...more

September 30, 2008

Tallahassee has released its report on drug informant Rachel Hoffman's death, as well as the disciplinary action being taken within the Tallahassee Police Department. ...more

September 25, 2008