For $22,500, once again, God can walk among the people of Tampa. After an agreement between prosecutors and a defense attorney, Judge Walter Heinrich Jr. today reduced the bail of 39-year-old God Lucky Howard from $86,500 to $22,500. ...more

June 30, 2008

In 2002, three children, ages 4, 5 and 7, told Pasco County deputies that Thomas Wolverton touched them inappropriately. ...more

June 20, 2008

MOVES IN NEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ...more

June 19, 2008

BROOKSVILLE In 2002, three children, ages 4, 5 and 7, told Pasco County deputies Thomas Wolverton had touched them inappropriately. ...more

June 19, 2008

AVON PARK — Quintin Jerome Kinder, expected to be the key witness in the trial of Joshua Altersberger, 20, has been set free by Georgia law enforcement authorities, even though Highlands County officials had requested he be held until they could bring him back here. Kinder, 22, who lived last year at 1800 Melady Ave., Sebring, was a passenger in January 2007 when Altersberger's car was stopped by Trooper Nick Sottile. Police allege Altersberger shot the Highway Patrol sergeant, who died at the scene between Lake Placid and Sebring. Kinder ran into an orange grove, so he was charged with misdemeanor trespassing into a posted horticultural property. He was returned to his native state of Georgia to face a violation of probation charge. ...more

May 23, 2008

A confidential informant, paid $2,400 per month by the FBI while helping to gather information on the Latin Kings street gang, will not serve time in prison for violating his probation, a judge decided Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - A confidential informant, paid $2,400 per month by the FBI while helping to gather information on the Latin Kings street gang, will not serve time in prison for violating his probation, a judge decided today. ...more

May 21, 2008

LUTZ - Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee has confirmed that Lisa Freiberg, 26, was killed with her children, Zachary, 7, and Heather Savannah, 2, at her mobile home. ...more

May 13, 2008

TAMPA - Apparently, all a probation officer and deputy have to do is ask and they receive. ...more

February 7, 2008

0 to 10 points You're not much of a risk-taker from a culinary or kinetic motion standpoint. Sitting on the vibrating Footsie Wootsie massage chair is probably all you could handle. Sip some Pepto and sit on a bench while everyone else has fun. ...more

February 6, 2008