The tale starts with a little white boat. Scott D. Overbeck said he paid $1,500 in cash for the 12-footer, and that Marlene Aisenberg likely sold it to him. He speculated the boat once carried the body of Aisenberg's missing 5-month-old, Sabrina. ...more

July 29, 2008

It seems obvious: Children shouldn't be left alone in cars. Yet, parents and caregivers often find themselves doing just that as they run errands or try to avoid waking a child. Often, they forget the child is in the car. No one ever expects their child will die from it. Many are unaware they can go to jail for it. ...more

July 28, 2008

A man who was tried on a rape charge this week was sentenced to prison Friday. ...more

July 26, 2008

man who was tried on a rape charge this week was sentenced to prison today. Just not for rape. A jury deliberated two hours before finding Steven Vanwart not guilty of sexual battery, false imprisonment and aggravated assault. The 42-month prison sentence came as a result of Vanwart's no contest plea to an identity theft charge. Vanwart, 42, entered the plea Friday while the jury was deliberating the rape charges. Keeping the identity theft charge separate meant jurors considering the rape charges didn't hear some evidence. Among the evidence kept from the panel were booklets investigators found when they searched Vanwart's travel trailer. Among the titles were "Vanishing Point, How to Disappear in America Without a Trace" and "How to Get Lost — and Stay that Way," records show. ...more

July 25, 2008

Boy band architect Lou Pearlman has been transferred to a federal penitentiary in southeast Atlanta to serve his 25-year prison sentence. ...more

July 25, 2008

BRADENTON -- A man who had sex with a teenage girl was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison and 10 years of sex offender probation. ...more

July 24, 2008

Former boy band creator Lou Pearlman has finally been transferred to a federal penitentiary to serve his 25-year prison sentence. ...more

July 24, 2008

Marion Jones was a world-class sprinter, a world-class cheat, and a world-class liar. ...more

July 24, 2008

A construction worker was sentenced to slightly more than 10 years in prison Monday after he pleaded no contest in a drunken driving wreck that killed an Ohio husband and father of five last year, according to computerized court records. ...more

July 22, 2008

A Valrico woman arrested in June on multiple charges of grand theft, fraud, forgery and probation violations now faces a civil lawsuit. ...more

July 21, 2008