A federal judge on Friday approved the city's $150,000 settlement to the family of a man killed during a 2005 traffic stop. ...more

February 14, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon approved the city's $150,000 settlement to the family of a man killed during a 2005 traffic stop. ...more

February 13, 2009

The city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man killed by police during a traffic stop in 2005, according to court records. ...more

February 13, 2009

A Sarasota man who has repeatedly tangled with the Internal Revenue Service was arrested today on criminal tax charges. ...more

February 12, 2009

The city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man killed by police during a traffic stop in 2005, according to court papers. ...more

February 12, 2009

A federal judge says Joe Francis can roam a little farther. ...more

February 11, 2009

A 48-year-old St. Petersburg man was sentenced to life in prison today for drug and firearms charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. ...more

February 6, 2009

A federal judge has granted a new trial for a 78-year-old mental health therapist who faced up to life in prison on a charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. ...more

February 6, 2009

Lawyers for Youssef Megahed want a judge to determine whether something improper happened when a grand jury indicted the former University of South Florida student on charges of illegally transporting explosives. ...more

February 3, 2009

Two men sentenced to federal prison for cheating investors out of more than $100 million in an insurance scheme have failed to convince an appeals court that they were unfairly convicted of mail fraud. ...more

February 2, 2009