Three men hired to help attack a Sarasota man's in-laws have been sentenced to federal prison terms. ...more

February 23, 2009

Alex Shevgert was convicted today of all counts by a jury that found him responsible for orchestrating attacks on his parents-in-law because they cut him off financially. ...more

November 14, 2008

TAMPA A jury is deliberating today in the case of a man accused of orchestrating attacks on his parents-in-law because they cut him off financially. Alex Shevgert is accused of hiring men to attack Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk, who both suffered skull fractures. The couple were attacked three times in separate incidents, two in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, N.Y., and one in their home in Sarasota. ...more

November 14, 2008

After he was arrested in connection with attacks on his parents-in-law, Alex Shevgert said he was afraid his father-in-law was going to have him killed, an FBI agent testified this morning. ...more

November 12, 2008

The first time he was attacked, Grigori Komissarchuk had gone to Home Depot to buy a fan. ...more

November 5, 2008

The trial of a man accused of hiring people to attack his in-laws is the story of "the American dream unfortunately turning into a family tragedy," a federal prosecutor said this morning. ...more

November 4, 2008

A jury was selected today in the case of a man accused of hiring people to repeatedly attack and try to kill his in-laws after they stopped giving him money. ...more

November 3, 2008

After being violently attacked two times, a fearful Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk asked their son-in-law, Alex Shevgert, if they could move into the home Shevgert shared with their daughter. The couple didn't realize that Shevgert had hired the attackers who had beaten the couple with a hammer, causing life-threatening injuries, court documents say. ...more

October 31, 2008

Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk didn't want their daughter and son-in-law to move in to their house in 2000, and argued with them for six years trying to get them to leave. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA – Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk didn't want their daughter and son-in-law to move in to their house in 2000, and argued with them for six years, trying to get them to leave. ...more

June 17, 2008