St. Petersburg-based developer Sembler Co. has attracted the attention of federal investigators looking into influence peddling in Florida, according to published reports. ...more

June 11, 2008

Federal investigators are looking into allegations that several current and former employees of the county's affordable housing office formed a corporation that could compete for grants administered by the office and tried to steer business to a real estate company owned by a spouse of one of the employees. ...more

May 28, 2008

An assembly line worker charged with vandalizing a military helicopter at a Boeing plant was upset about a job transfer and cut a bundle of about 70 electrical wires during his last shift on the Chinook line, federal investigators said Tuesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

Fumes from an electrical fire incapacitated two pilots, causing their NASCAR plane to plunge into a neighborhood near Orlando, killing them and three people on the ground, according to a NASCAR report released Friday. But federal investigators do not necessarily agree with that claim. ...more

May 11, 2008

In classic buddy movies such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," a mismatched pair of friends learn to transcend their differences and forge a lasting, loyal friendship. ...more

February 17, 2008

Touch-screen voting machines likely performed properly and were not to blame for the large number of undervotes in the District 13 congressional election in 2006, federal investigators said in a draft report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. ...more

February 7, 2008

A local tile setter was detained by Tampa International Airport police and federal investigators Friday morning after he was overheard in an airport bathroom talking about mixing chemicals. ...more

February 2, 2008

TAMPA - A local tile setter was detained by Tampa International Airport police and federal investigators this morning after he was overheard in an airport bathroom talking about mixing chemicals. ...more

February 1, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - When he heard about an eagle that was shot and killed, Larry Byrd of Sarasota was, like many others, absolutely livid, angry enough to offer a reward. ...more

January 17, 2008

TAMPA - A 41-year-old Largo man was sentenced Tuesday to 16 1/2 years in prison on federal bank fraud and identity theft charges. ...more

January 16, 2008