State Offers Newsome High Ex-Coach A Deal In Student Sex Case

TAMPA - A former Newsome High School soccer coach facing a charge of unlawful sex with a minor will be offered a plea deal, prosecutors said. ...more

June 2, 2008

1st Trial In Haditha Killings Begins

A Marine intelligence officer went on trial Wednesday on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements related to a squad's killings of 24 Iraqi civilians. ...more

May 29, 2008

Jail, Deportation For Man Who Pleads Guilty To Sex Charge

TAMPA - After pleading guilty today to attempted sexual battery on a child younger than 12, a 30-year-old man will serve three years in prison then will be deported to his native Mexico. Should Ebaristo Medina ever return to the United States, he could face up to 60 years in prison, prosecutors said. ...more

May 12, 2008

Lionel Tate Takes Deal In Pizza Robbery Case

Lionel Tate, whose killing of a 6-year-old girl once made him the youngest person in modern U.S. history sentenced to life in prison, accepted a plea deal Tuesday in a pizza deliveryman robbery that occurred while he was on probation. ...more

February 20, 2008

Judge Orders Pre-Sentence Investigation In Bollea Case

A Pinellas County circuit judge Tuesday ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Nick Bollea, who is accused of seriously injuring a friend in a single-car wreck Aug. 26. ...more

February 19, 2008

Judge Orders Pre-Sentence Investigation In Bollea Crash Case

CLEARWATER -- A Pinellas County circuit judge this morning ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Nick Bollea, who is accused of seriously injuring a friend in a single-car wreck on Aug. 26. ...more

February 19, 2008

Plea Deal For Megahed Discussed

Attorneys are negotiating a possible plea deal in the case of one of two former University of South Florida students charged with transporting explosives. ...more

February 16, 2008

Megahed Considering Plea Deal In Explosives Case

TAMPA - Attorneys are negotiating a possible plea deal in the case of one of two former University of South Florida students charged with transporting explosives. ...more

February 15, 2008

Georgia Hiker's Killer Admits Crime, Sentenced To Life Term

The wiry, graying drifter sought for several days in the New Year's Day disappearance of a 24-year-old hiker pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering her in what authorities called a frustrated robbery attempt. ...more

February 1, 2008

Redskins Plan To Interview Mariucci

It's time to move Steve Mariucci from "maybe" to "definite" on the list of Washington Redskins coaching candidates. ...more