John "Junior" Gotti "is definitely not a mobster," his sister told reporters after his arraignment Thursday in U.S. District Court. ...more

August 29, 2008

A grand jury has formally indicted a man accused of killing his 81-year-old mother by beating her head with a remote control and holding her underwater in the family pool. ...more

August 29, 2008

Prosecutors made a "limited-time offer" Friday to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Resign by Sept. 3 in exchange for the dismissal of one of the two assault charges he faces. Kilpatrick rejected the deal, which a mayoral spokesman dismissed as grandstanding. ...more

August 23, 2008

MIAMI — Police say they've arrested a 70-year-old woman for allegedly buying drugs on the streets of Miami. ...more

August 21, 2008

A music producer has sued Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million, claiming the actress and her father have repeatedly violated a contract and failed to pay him his share of her earnings. ...more

August 13, 2008

Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned Monday on two charges of criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. ...more

July 1, 2008

A former Tampa professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group was charged Thursday with refusing to testify before a grand jury in a related investigation. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - A local criminal defense lawyer is scheduled to be arraigned this month on a sex charge after police found him masturbating at an adult theater, authorities say. ...more

June 9, 2008

The confessed mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America said a courtroom artist at his arraignment Thursday made his nose look too big. ...more

June 6, 2008

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appearing for the first time since his capture five years ago, said he would welcome becoming a "martyr" after a judge warned Thursday that he faces the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ...more

June 6, 2008