After complaining about being stuck in an isolated cell, Nick Bollea has company: three cellmates who, like Bollea, are 17 years old, but who, unlike him, come from impoverished backgrounds. ...more

June 7, 2008

CLEARWATER- After complaining about being stuck in an isolated cell, Nick Bollea has company: three cellmates who, like Bollea, are 17 years old, but who, unlike him, come from impoverished backgrounds. ...more

June 6, 2008

MIAMI - Miami-Dade County's public defender says his office plans to refuse most felony cases because state budget cuts mean his attorneys can't effectively cover their caseloads. ...more

June 4, 2008

The saying "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time" needs an addendum for offenders in Pasco County. Something like "Crime makes you pay." ...more

May 31, 2008

A teenager, accused of rape, and his mother, accused of violating probation, appeared in court Tuesday morning before the same judge. ...more

May 21, 2008

An assembly line worker charged with vandalizing a military helicopter at a Boeing plant was upset about a job transfer and cut a bundle of about 70 electrical wires during his last shift on the Chinook line, federal investigators said Tuesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

TAMPA - A teenager -- accused of rape -- and his mother -- accused of violating probation -- appeared in court this morning before the same judge. ...more

May 20, 2008

Some administrative procedures at Hillsborough County jails need tweaking, according to an ongoing audit of the policies. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - Some administrative procedures at Hillsborough County jails need of tweaking, according to an ongoing audit of the policies. ...more

May 9, 2008

TAMPA - Plagued with debt, flush with charisma, Sergio Pinto arrived in Tampa in 2001. Back in Pittsburgh, he was many things: a restaurateur, an actor on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," owner of a translation business. He came to Tampa, a town with a climate more like the one in his native Guatemala — and a far greater need for his talent of interpreting Spanish to English and vice-versa. ...more

February 24, 2008