Prosecutors announced this week that they will seek the death penalty for Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. and Tyree Jenkins in the shooting deaths of two Wesley Chapel High students. ...more

February 5, 2009

A 25-year-old Poinciana man investigators say is connected to a slaying in May was indicted today by a Polk County grand jury. ...more

January 22, 2009

A lawyer for the U.S. Marshals Service improperly used government cars and deputies to escort him and Fox Sports broadcasters to and from high-profile sporting events, including the January 2008 National Football League playoff game in Tampa, investigators say. ...more

January 13, 2009

The aunt of a slain Belleair woman says the family had mixed emotions when they heard the man wanted in connection to her killing had been caught. ...more

January 7, 2009

Robert Nowak of Polk County was convicted today of hiring a hit man called "Reaper" to bump off an Internal Revenue Service tax auditor. ...more

December 18, 2008

It was like something out of the movies — a high-speed police chase, 30 seconds of flying lead from the rat-a-tat-tat of rapid gunfire and bloodshed. ...more

December 18, 2008

A 54-year-old man and his 38-year-old girlfriend were arrested today in Hillsborough County on charges they killed his 4-year-old granddaughter, according to Largo police. ...more

November 25, 2008

An investigation that began in part when police learned marijuana was stored in a Pinellas Park warehouse has led to a plea of guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. ...more

November 21, 2008

Many of "the worst of the worst" are back on the streets. From July through September, the U.S. Marshals Service conducted Operation Orange Crush, a 10-week sweep targeting "the worst of the worst" criminals. Five were charged with homicide, and 23 were charged with crimes involving weapons. Locally, only about one in five of those arrested remained in jail just days after. ...more

October 27, 2008

A man shot and wounded by a deputy U.S. marshal Thursday had been sought on felony drug warrants from Tampa police, an official said today. ...more

October 17, 2008