As Bernard Madoff sits in a North Carolina prison serving a 150-year sentence, remnants of the fallen financier's once lavish lifestyle are going on the auction block at a Manhattan hotel. ...more

November 14, 2009

The following people were booked Tuesday, Nov. 10 through Wednesday, Nov. 11 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 13, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Of all the items set to go on the auction block this week at a midtown Manhattan hotel, there's one that would take some mettle to wear in public: A satin New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with the name "Madoff." ...more

November 9, 2009

PENSACOLA (AP) — The University of West Florida was on lockdown as police searched for a homicide suspect believed to have fled there. ...more

October 7, 2009

A former NBA referee, convicted of gambling on professional basketball games, was arrested Monday by U.S. marshals, Hillsborough County jail records show. ...more

August 25, 2009

U.S. Marshals, who had tracked a homicide suspect from the Florida Panhandle to Tampa, opened fire on the man outside a hotel this morning, after he drew a handgun on officers, authorities said. ...more

April 21, 2009

The father of slain 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford reminisced about his daughter's life and the need for more funding for child protection organizations Saturday at the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Awards. ...more

April 4, 2009

Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot luxury yacht and a smaller vessel have been seized by U.S Marshals in Florida. ...more

April 1, 2009

A Lakeland man accused of trying to kidnap his estranged wife at gunpoint this week was arrested today in Pinellas County, authorities say. ...more

March 12, 2009

Plans to begin the first-degree murder trial of Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. on Wednesday went by the wayside as jury selection dragged on for a third day. ...more

March 12, 2009