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

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

March 11, 2009

When Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. stands trial March 9 for the 2006 slayings of two Wesley Chapel teens, witnesses against him will include the man accused of killing a "person of interest" days after he helped investigators. ...more

February 28, 2009

Tampa lawyer John Fitzgibbons has been named to head a statewide panel that picks finalists for presidential appointments to district judgeships, U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals. ...more

February 27, 2009