NEW PORT RICHEY - A Pasco Sheriff's Office spokesman facing a domestic battery charge in Hernando County will no longer be paid while he fights for exoneration. ...more

January 5, 2008

For nearly a decade Kevin Doll has been speaking on behalf of Pasco County sheriffs. But he was silenced - perhaps only temporarily - as an agency spokesman when he was ordered to appear in court in a domestic battery case. ...more

December 11, 2007

The spokesman for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office has been relieved of his regular duties pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of violence involving his stepdaughter. ...more

December 10, 2007

John Benjamin spent the last hours of his life high on crack and begging for money to pay off a $300 drug debt. ...more

November 15, 2007

If Daniel Parbel didn't kill John Benjamin, as he contends, he'll need a good answer to one key question: ...more

November 14, 2007

It's anyone's guess where Stefanie Francique could be more than a week after she vanished. ...more

November 14, 2007

It's anyone's guess where Stefanie Francique could be more than a week after she vanished. But here's what she left behind: a doting little daughter with fuzzy - sometimes braided hair- and an enormous smile. ...more

November 13, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Opening statements are to begin this afternoon in Daniel Parbel's first-degree murder trial. Two years ago, authorities say, the Hudson man killed John J. Benjamin, who owed money to the stepdaughter of then-Port Richey police Chief Bill Sager. ...more

November 13, 2007

John Benjamin was killed about the time he seemed to be getting a handle on his life. ...more

November 13, 2007

SEBRING — Dale Roger Leland was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to six and a half years in prison as friends and family members gave testimony, vouching for the man they said was an "outstanding" man and former church deacon. ...more

November 1, 2007