A teenager who pleaded guilty to mugging a blind man was sentenced today to five years in prison and five years of probation. ...more

March 11, 2009

The trial of Tyrone Lamont Grimes, accused of killing a bystander in a Brandon bar scuffle, was delayed today until March. ...more

January 14, 2009

Cheryl Maria Riemann, facing DUI manslaughter charges in a fatal head-on crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway in Tampa, waived her right to a speedy trial today. ...more

November 25, 2008

Fans from the Tampa Bay area venturing to Philadelphia for game 3 of the World Series Saturday night might wish the Phillies played in a dome. The National Weather Service in Philadelphia is calling for a chilly — especially by Florida standards — and wet night when the Tampa Bay Rays take the field for the third game against the Phillies. ...more

October 22, 2008

A Jan. 20 trial date was set Thursday for Tyrone Lamont Grimes, who is accused of killing a bystander in a Brandon bar shooting. ...more

October 16, 2008

Bail again has been denied for Byron Moorehead, 20, who is accused in the abduction slaying of civil engineer Charles London Beck in March. ...more

October 13, 2008

Forget rain, sleet or snow: The bite of a venomous snake didn't keep mail carrier Efrain Arango from his appointed rounds. ...more

October 11, 2008

Forget rain, sleet or snow: The bite of a venomous snake didn't keep mail carrier Efrain Arango from his appointed rounds. What authorities think was a diamondback rattlesnake latched onto the 66-year-old's left index finger Friday after Arango surprised it in a New Tampa mailbox. Arango said he shook his arm and thwacked the snake against his car door to break its grip. ...more

October 10, 2008

Bail was again denied for Cheryl Riemann, facing vehicular homicide and other charges in the Sept. 10 head-on crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway that killed a mother and left her daughter in serious condition. Riemann pleaded not guilty to all charges in an arraignment Tuesday before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Daniel H. Sleet. Sleet denied bond, duplicating a decision made last month by Judge Walter Heinrich. ...more

October 7, 2008

A man sentenced to die for strangling a teenager 25 years ago will avoid execution for at least three weeks while his appeal of lethal injection procedures is considered, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday. ...more

October 6, 2008