SEBRING — A former employee of Goin' Postal, located at 3609 Sebring Parkway, was sentenced last Thursday to three years in prison for committing fraudulent returns at the shipping store. Brenda Sue Espinoza, 42, of 4136 El Rado Ave., obtained more than $4,000 from the store by pocketing money obtained from customer shipments and fraudulently entering return transactions for merchandise. According to Highlands County Sheriff's Office arrest reports, the business's owner reported 159 fraudulent returns occurring at his business from April 25, 2006 to Sept. 20, 2006. Of the 159 fraudulent returns, 119 involved instances where Espinoza pocketed customer shipment money rather than putting it into the business's point of sale system, fraudulently listing the packages as returned. ...more

February 9, 2008

It's official - Rose Rocco is a Hernando County commissioner. Fourteen months after she "won" the election, an appellate court judge Tuesday affirmed a local circuit judge's decision that Rocco has a legal right to the District 2 seat. ...more

January 30, 2008

TAMPA - The man once known as the "Hyde Park rapist" has been released again from a state treatment center. ...more

January 17, 2008

A Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge granted former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra a travel permit for up to 45 days so she can get treatment in California, but he also scolded her and ordered her to clam up around the media. ...more

January 10, 2008

TAMPA - A Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge granted former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra a travel permit for up to 45 days so she can get treatment in California. ...more

January 10, 2008

Shauna Moffitt will be required to reimburse Sumter County for the time she spent doing her husband's schoolwork, but she will not face any other discipline, Sumter County property appraiser Ronnie Hawkins said. ...more

January 7, 2008

At least for the weekend, Sangria's Spanish Tapas Bar and Restaurant will remain open. ...more

December 8, 2007

At least for the weekend, Sangria's Spanish Tapas Bar and Restaurant will remain open. Hours after landlord Tommy Ortiz packed up the restaurant's belongings in a U-Haul truck Friday morning, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies demanded he return them to the property, 315 S. Howard Ave. ...more

December 7, 2007

A man described as a "classic drug dealer" was sentenced to 20 years in prison during court proceedings Thursday. ...more

December 7, 2007

Mission Destined To Fail Regarding "Judge Targets Terrorism With Mideast Trip" (Metro, Nov. 29): ...more

December 3, 2007