- The man accused of kidnapping Denise Lee from her North Port home and killing her may be incompetent to stand trial, his attorney says. ...more

November 15, 2008

On July 10, 2004, Sharon Sprout aimed a .38-caliber pistol at the back of her sleeping boyfriend's head and pulled the trigger, detectives say she told them. ...more

November 15, 2008

One of the suspects charged in the murder of Samuel Tiller may change his plea at a December hearing. ...more

November 14, 2008

Treasure hunting company Odyssey Marine Inc. said in court filings that it has found two more sunken ships near the entrance to the English Channel. ...more

November 7, 2008

Treasure hunting company Odyssey Marine Inc. of Tampa has found two more sunken ships near the entrance to the English Channel, the company disclosed. ...more

November 6, 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

Mediation between the Hernando County Housing Authority and a man who says his Section 8 housing voucher was illegally revoked has reached an impasse. ...more

November 3, 2008

The suspect in a Sept. 7 drive-by shooting in Highway Park is next scheduled to appear in court Nov. 12 for a pretrial conference. ...more

November 1, 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

A construction worker has been extradited from New Jersey to face charges he had sex with a teenage girl who had gone to his apartment in Oldsmar so he could photograph her in a bikini for her MySpace page, according to court documents unsealed today. ...more

October 27, 2008