David Bishop, 43, entered a guilty plea today on three counts of lewd and lascivious behavior involving teenage girls. ...more

December 15, 2008

Murder trial witness Monique Pennywell told a jury today how she locked herself in the bathroom of her St. Petersburg home on Feb. 4, 2002, while her former boyfriend Dennis Roache beheaded her new lover in the master bedroom on the other side of the door. ...more

September 26, 2008

CLEARWATER - An attorney for the family of Javon Dawson says she has presented several witnesses to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office, and that all of them say the teenager was unarmed before and when he was fatally shot by a St. Petersburg police officer. ...more

July 1, 2008

New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte built a reputation in baseball as a low-key guy whom people naturally like to be around. That's pretty much shot now. ...more

February 18, 2008

WAUCHULA — Day four of the Michael Branham murder trial got off to an early and heated start Friday morning at the Hardee County Courthouse. The day began where day three of the trial left off, with Branham's defense attorney, Larry Shearer, trying to suppress witness testimony from Branham's friend and former attorney, James Kelly. Branham, a former Avon Park police officer, allegedly shot his wife, Janette, 40, a prominent Highlands County attorney, 13 times in July 2005. ...more

September 8, 2007