Charles Friedlander is "a 78-year-old lonely man whose only social life is on the Internet," and not a pedophile who attempted to sexually and physically abuse two boys, Friedlander's lawyer told a jury today. ...more

December 15, 2008

A Gainesville mother has been arrested after her daughter missed too many days of school. ...more

December 6, 2008

A federal judge has granted a motion by attorneys for John "Junior" Gotti to transfer his racketeering case to New York, saying allowing the case to proceed in Florida "stands athwart the manifest interests of justice." ...more

December 2, 2008

St. Petersburg-based electronics maker Jabil Circuit Inc. has some good news and bad news this week. ...more

November 26, 2008

Jabil will lay off another 150 workers locally in administration and manufacturing over the next few weeks amid slumping demand for electronics worldwide. This comes after 120 layoffs this summer, bringing Jabil's local employment to about 2,000. Also, the Securities and Exchange Commission ended a years-long probe of how Jabil executives handled their stock options, ending another legal challenge that had dogged the company. ...more

November 25, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years. ...more

November 25, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years behind bars. ...more

November 24, 2008

Larik Cholak insisted this morning that Alex Shevgert telephoned him to let him know his parents-in-law were home the night of Dec. 12. ...more

November 10, 2008

A judge has set an April trial date for John A. "Junior" Gotti. ...more

November 3, 2008

A jury was selected today in the case of a man accused of hiring people to repeatedly attack and try to kill his in-laws after they stopped giving him money. ...more

November 3, 2008