A federal appeals court handed prosecutors a defeat this afternoon in the case of a former University of South Florida student awaiting trial on charges he illegally transported explosives. The prosecution lost its appeal of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday in the case of Youssef Megahed. ...more

January 21, 2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit in federal court against missing Sarasota hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel and his business entities, accusing Nadel of committing fraud by deceiving investors and funneling their money into secret bank accounts. ...more

January 21, 2009

Former Department of Children & Families spokesman Al Zimmerman pleaded guilty this morning to production of child pornography. ...more

January 21, 2009

Former slumlord Steven Green is in such bad physical condition that it would be legally and morally inappropriate for him to go to prison, his lawyer says in court papers. ...more

January 19, 2009

Five men facing trial on charges they were involved in the Gambino organized crime family are asking a federal judge to transfer their trial from Tampa to New York. ...more

January 19, 2009

Almost two years after the massive publicity surrounding the 40-year sentence of Cali Cartel leader Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo for smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States, one of his longtime lieutenants was quietly sent away for life on Monday. ...more

January 17, 2009

A federal judge has refused to stop President-elect Barack Obama from using the words "so help me God" when he takes the oath of office Tuesday. ...more

January 15, 2009

A judge today denied a motion from a Tampa man to dismiss an indictment accusing him of being part of a Gambino crime family conspiracy. ...more

January 7, 2009

A federal magistrate is recommending that a Tampa man charged with being part of a Gambino crime family conspiracy be tried along with other defendants accused in the conspiracy. James V. Cadicamo was arrested in August along with four other men charged with participating in a vast racketeering conspiracy under the umbrella of the Gambino crime family. At the same time, John A. "Junior" Gotti was named in a separate, similar indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in Tampa. ...more

January 6, 2009

A federal judge has awarded more than $65 million to several men of the USS Pueblo, who were captured and tortured by North Korea back in the 1960s. ...more

December 30, 2008