Anyone interested in learning why death penalty cases take years to resolve should take a look at the prosecution of Faunce Levon Pearce. ...more

June 14, 2008

Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 5, 2008

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Ocala on Friday announced the arrest of 11 people in connection with a long-running investigation into contraband smuggling at the Coleman Federal Correctional Institution in Bushnell. ...more

January 26, 2008

BUSHNELL - The U.S. Attorney's Office in Ocala today announced the arrest of 11 people in connection with a long-running investigation into contraband smuggling at the Coleman Federal Correctional Institution in Bushnell. ...more

January 25, 2008

A man who coaxed sexual favors from two boys in exchange for trips to the skating rink received 16 1/2 years in prison and a sexual predator designation in Circuit Court on Wednesday. ...more

January 11, 2008

A Palm Harbor-area man is facing a second capital sexual battery charge after admitting to performing sex acts on a second young boy, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 9, 2008

PALM HARBOR - A 21-year-old Palm Harbor man was arrested today, charged with performing a sex act on a 6-year-old boy in a closet Wednesday. ...more

January 3, 2008

A young black man imprisoned for having consensual oral sex with a teenage girl, who became an example of unequal justice for many, was released Friday after his conviction was overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court. ...more

October 27, 2007

PINELLAS PARK - A 41-year-old man who babysat for a couple of families is accused of sexually molesting or raping three boys in his care, including a 5-year-old, police said. James C. Humphreys, who works for Goodyear Rubber Products, was arrested Wednesday and charged with capital sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation and lewd and lascivious battery. He is being held without bail at Pinellas County Jail. ...more

October 18, 2007