BARTOW - A Polk County jury has convicted Heizel Gonzalez-Martinez, a 26-year-old woman accused of luring the father of her child to a violent death at the hands of her boyfriend, on second-degree murder and accessory charges. Jurors returned their verdict just before noon after deliberating for about 2 1/2 hours. Gonzalez-Martinez could face life in prison. ...more

October 12, 2007

A former Wharton High School student who had a nearly two-year sexual relationship with her teacher and coach told a judge Monday she doesn't want the teacher to go to jail. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - Cat urine kept Cynthia Hunter in jail for 50 days. Hunter, 38, of Lithia was arrested Aug. 15 for petty theft and possession of a controlled substance. The theft charge came after she was accused of stealing from a Brandon Wal-Mart store. The controlled substance charge came because deputies found a vial containing a yellow substance in her purse and thought it was methamphetamine. Hunter was released Thursday after lab tests showed the substance was cat urine, as Hunter had claimed all along, court records show. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - A former Wharton High School student who had a nearly two-year sexual relationship with her teacher and coach told a judge today she doesn't want the teacher to go to jail. ...more

October 8, 2007

11:45 a.m. Central Time: Each of the many defense attorneys has individual style. Currently, attorney Waylon Graham is talking to the jury. ...more

October 4, 2007

Regarding 'Change Florida's Draconian Drug Trafficking Statute' (Other Views, Sept 26): ...more

October 1, 2007

MIAMI - As a child, Lazaro Galindo cut open the family puppies "to see all the pretty colors inside." As a teen, he kept a black cauldron filled with hatchets and knives, all tools he used to sacrifice animals for his religion. He once told a detective he had an insatiable desire to eat human flesh. ...more

September 2, 2007