It may take days, Circuit Judge Ronald Ficarrotta acknowledged this morning. After three years of legal wrangling, jury selection begin this morning for the trial of David Lee Onstott, charged in the 2005 death of 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. With prolonged media coverage, however, finding an impartial 12-person jury could take much time. ...more

August 11, 2008

More than three years after 13-year-old Sarah Lunde was killed and dumped in a pond near her Ruskin home, prosecutors are about to reveal some of what the slaying suspect said about her death. ...more

August 10, 2008

A sheriff's sergeant is on restricted duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation into accusations he slapped his ex-girlfriend. ...more

July 23, 2008

A Citrus County man was arrested in Georgia last night on a charge that he killed his mother and dumped the body on a road in Hernando County. ...more

June 14, 2008

The Bay area was stunned by the slaying of first one young girl, then another, then another during a 14-month span: Carlie Brucia, Jessie Lunsford and Sarah Lunde. ...more

May 29, 2008

TAMPA - Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against David Lee Onstott, who is charged in the death of 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. On Friday, the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office filed notice with the court withdrawing its intent to seek execution, should a jury convict Onstott. ...more

May 28, 2008

In one of my college philosophy courses the professor told us that the God of the Old Testament was a different one than the God of the New Testament. After all, he had pointed out, in the old books there was an awful lot of smotin' going on. Plagues were being unleashed, cities were being destroyed and the curious risked being turned into pillars of salt. But in the New Testament sinners were forgiven, people were fed and the lame made to walk. And if your wine supply ran a bit low maybe the son of one of your guests could lend a hand. It was a book of hope. God had learned to smile. But I think the old God, the Creator, had a sense of humor, people just didn't have the tools recognize it. ...more

February 16, 2008

Acting on a federal search warrant, vice officers discovered cocaine, prescription drugs and narcotics paraphernalia inside an upscale home in a gated subdivision Tuesday morning. ...more

February 13, 2008

SEVEN SPRINGS - Acting on a federal search warrant, vice officers discovered cocaine, prescription drugs and narcotics paraphernalia inside an upscale home in a gated subdivision Tuesday morning. ...more

February 12, 2008

Brian McNamee gave federal prosecutors syringes and other physical evidence his lawyers say back the personal trainer's allegations of drug use by Roger Clemens, who returns to Capitol Hill today in hopes of rebutting the accusations. ...more

February 7, 2008