A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq. ...more

August 18, 2008

LAKELAND Mercades Nichols, one of the teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, was arrested today on warrants charging her with multiple counts of aggravated stalking, aggravated assault and battery, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 7, 2008

A man forced his way into the Tampa apartment of his sister's boyfriend Tuesday night and during an argument fired a gun multiple times at the boyfriend, police say. ...more

July 30, 2008

The Fort Lauderdale police chief says he is concerned about his wife's health if she remains in the Broward County Jail. ...more

July 11, 2008

An Avon Park woman was free Tuesday on $5,000 bail, after a dispute over finances with her husband turned violent and sheriff's investigators say a handgun was fired. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy accused of using a Taser on his wife and then holding a service pistol to her head will be freed from jail without having to post bail – pending the outcome of his case. ...more

July 8, 2008

A Hillsborough sheriff's deputy who said he had always wanted to spend his life in law enforcement used a Taser on his wife then held his service pistol to her head before he was arrested and held for mental evaluation, deputies say. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - A Hillsborough County deputy was arrested this morning, charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery. ...more

July 7, 2008

O.J. Simpson says an ambitious Nevada prosecutor is pressing a kidnapping and armed robbery case against him that he says even the alleged victims don't want to pursue. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - Kelverick Lewis thought his infant son needed to go to the hospital, and he got enraged after Tampa Fire Rescue arrived on scene Wednesday night and said the child was fine, Tampa police say. ...more

June 17, 2008