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

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of Steven Lorenzo, who is serving 200 years in federal prison for drugging and sexually torturing nine men. ...more

February 2, 2009

A former University of South Florida student is scheduled to stand trial March 16 on charges he illegally transported explosives. ...more

February 2, 2009

A Sarasota hedge fund manager who went missing for 13 days after being accused of misleading investors will be held without bail pending trial, a federal magistrate ruled Friday. ...more

January 31, 2009

A Sarasota hedge fund manager who went missing for 13 days after being accused of misleading investors will be held without bail pending trial, a federal magistrate ruled today. ...more

January 30, 2009

A former physician who helped create a business that illegally sold $85 million worth of pain medicine over the Internet was sentenced today to four years and three months in federal prison. ...more

January 29, 2009

A 45-year-old Tampa man was sentenced today to six months in a halfway house and five years probation for trying to bring a hunting knife onto an airplane. ...more

January 29, 2009

A fight broke out at a federal prison northwest of Orlando about 2:20 p.m. Sunday and eight inmates have been hospitalized, including one with a gunshot wound, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. ...more

January 26, 2009

Eight male inmates were taken to a hospital after a "large-scale fight" at a federal prison northwest of Orlando. ...more

January 26, 2009