Two more men were indicted Tuesday in the fatal beatings of two homeless men 10 years ago in the name of white supremacy. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA – Two more men were indicted today on charges they beat two homeless men to death 10 years ago in the name of white supremacy. ...more

June 24, 2008

BRADENTON — One of Julia Earl's daughters constantly asks her grandparents where her mommy is. They tell her that mommy is sleeping. ...more

June 24, 2008

TAMPA - A 22-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm and second-degree arson in March 2007 will get a new trial, according to an opinion handed down today by the 2nd District Court of Appeals. ...more

June 11, 2008

The NBA commissioner dismissed as "baseless" allegations from a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal that the 2002 playoff series was rigged by league referees and officials. ...more

June 11, 2008

A judge sentenced a woman to nearly the maximum prison term for negligent homicide after hearing a recorded jail conversation in which she made light of the bicyclist she killed. ...more

January 25, 2008

A disbarred lawyer with a gambling addiction is taking his chances with a judge after pleading no contest to 17 counts of grand theft. ...more

January 21, 2008

TAMPA - Now that U.S. marshals have brought Daniel L. Prewett back from Italy to face federal cocaine distribution charges, one of the Sarasota investment company owner's co-defendants is missing. ...more

January 11, 2008

During some of the bloodiest years of the drug wars of the 1980s, crack was seen as far more dangerous than powdered cocaine, and that perception was written into the sentencing laws. Now that notion is under attack like never before. ...more

December 30, 2007

Such is the curse of being a former movie critic, but when Debra Lafave, Tampa's answer to Mrs. Robinson, got busted this week on a probation violation, I couldn't help but recall an old Dustin Hoffman flick, "Straight Time." ...more

December 7, 2007