NEW PORT RICHEY - Opening statements are to begin this afternoon in Daniel Parbel's first-degree murder trial. Two years ago, authorities say, the Hudson man killed John J. Benjamin, who owed money to the stepdaughter of then-Port Richey police Chief Bill Sager. ...more

November 13, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - A jury deliberated for 30 minutes this afternoon before finding a Moon Lake man guilty in the 2004 beating of Joanna Herman. ...more

November 1, 2007

Only three people witnessed the severe beating of Joanna Herman on Dec. 11, 2004. ...more

November 1, 2007

A mobster-turned-informant was recruited by the FBI to help find bodies of slain civil rights workers in Mississippi and got information at gunpoint, the gangster's former girlfriend testified Monday at the murder trial of a former FBI agent. ...more

October 30, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - The first-degree murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin has been put on hold until Tuesday so the defense can send a blood sample to Raleigh, N.C., for testing. ...more

October 5, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Assistant State Attorney Michael Halkitis has wrapped up his opening statement in the murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin. ...more

October 2, 2007

Attorneys weeded through more than 50 potential jurors Monday before settling on 12 jurors and one alternate to weigh the evidence in Phillup Alan Partin's murder trial. ...more

October 2, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Attorneys in the first-degree murder trial of Phillup Partin have begun questioning the first panel of 40 prospective jurors. ...more

October 1, 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

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

September 20, 2007