The tragic saga of the Graziano family took a turn toward the surreal Thursday. ...more

February 27, 2009

Edward Graziano, the father of John Graziano who was injured in a car crash with Nick Bollea in August 2007, has been charged with trying to arrange for the murder of his estranged wife. ...more

February 26, 2009

TAMPA – Five people have been arrested in a guns-for-drugs sting, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ...more

January 14, 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

Randy Nowak of Mulberry says a friend he loved like a brother manipulated him into hiring a hit man to kill an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer. ...more

December 17, 2008

As Randy Nowak was meeting with an undercover agent he thought was a hit man, the Internal Revenue Service officer Nowak wanted dead went into hiding, according to evidence presented this morning in Nowak's trial. ...more

December 16, 2008

One member of the media can see the face of an undercover agent who authorities say posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" willing to kill an IRS agent for a Polk County man. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA A federal judge is scheduled to decide today whether an undercover agent who posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" can testify behind a screen to protect his identify. The agent is a key witness in the trial of Randy Nowak, 49, a construction company owner from Mulberry who is accused of plotting to kill IRS officer Christine Brand. ...more

December 11, 2008

A federal prosecutor has asked U.S. District Judge James Moody to allow an undercover FBI agent to testify behind a screen and use a pseudonym in a murder-for-hire trial. ...more

November 19, 2008

A registered sex offender in Pennsylvania faces charges of tempting a minor to have sex after federal authorities say he chatted online with an undercover agent in Tampa posing as a teenage girl. ...more

August 29, 2008