Jurors deliberated for four hours today before finding Sharon Sprout guilty of second-degree murder in the 2004 killing of longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. She will likely be sentenced to life in prison at a hearing Dec. 23. Sprout, 51, shot Candiano in the head as he slept in their Regency Park home on July 10, 2004. Early that morning, Sprout retrieved a .38-caliber pistol from a desk in another bedroom. She then went into the master bedroom, pointed the gun behind Candiano's right ear and pulled the trigger. The bullet cut a path through Candiano's brain, instantly killing the 64-year-old. ...more

November 20, 2008

The state and defense rested their cases Wednesday afternoon in the second-degree murder trial of Sharon Sprout. ...more

November 20, 2008

Sharon Sprout's words about longtime boyfriend Tony Candiano might have seemed a bit strange when she uttered them back in early 2004. ...more

November 19, 2008

On July 10, 2004, Sharon Sprout aimed a .38-caliber pistol at the back of her sleeping boyfriend's head and pulled the trigger, detectives say she told them. ...more

November 15, 2008

A second-grade teacher at Summerfield Crossings Elementary School has been charged with possession and delivery of heroin and crack cocaine, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 15, 2008

Police on Thursday night arrested Ramon Antonio Varela, who they say took part in a robbery last week in which the victim fought back and shot and killed Varela's partner. ...more

November 14, 2008

After a Ku Klux Klan initiation at a Louisiana campsite went awry, authorities said, a recruit who tried to back out was shot dead. The body of the woman, who traveled from Oklahoma, was dumped on a rural roadside and covered with brush. Her belongings were set aflame. ...more

November 12, 2008

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Tampa teen in connection with an Oct. 19 fatal shooting at a Thonotosassa nightclub, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 27, 2008