A former Marine lance corporal who prosecutors say stole the identities of about 18 people pleaded guilty Friday to stealing the identity of a fellow Marine to buy a plasma television online. ...more

August 23, 2008

Prosecutors made a "limited-time offer" Friday to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Resign by Sept. 3 in exchange for the dismissal of one of the two assault charges he faces. Kilpatrick rejected the deal, which a mayoral spokesman dismissed as grandstanding. ...more

August 23, 2008

The ex-wife of former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Ricky Reynolds pleaded guilty this morning to one count of criminal mischief in a deal with prosecutors. ...more

July 21, 2008

Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned Monday on two charges of criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. ...more

July 1, 2008

Hundreds of AK-47-type weapons were smuggled from Florida into Puerto Rico more than four years by a ring of 15 people, according to documents on file in U.S. District Court. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - Hundreds of AK-47-type weapons were smuggled from Florida into Puerto Rico over four years by a ring of 15 people, according to documents on file in U.S. District Court. ...more

June 25, 2008

A former University of South Florida student admitted in federal court Wednesday morning that he helped terrorists by making an Internet video showing how to use a remote-controlled toy car to detonate a bomb. ...more

June 19, 2008

Regarding "Mohamed To Admit Terrorism Support" (front page, June 14): But Ahmed Mohamed said he wasn't guilty. He said he wasn't a terrorist. He said the things in the trunk of his car were just fireworks. He said the police officer who stopped him in South Carolina was racial profiling. His lawyer adamantly insisted the same. We were assured by his lawyer and his family he was a poor innocent, wrongly charged. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - A former University of South Florida student admitted in court this morning that he helped terrorists by making an Internet video showing how to use a remote-controlled toy car to detonate a bomb. ...more

June 18, 2008

The guilty plea signed on Friday by former University of South Florida student Ahmed Mohamed confirms the worst fears of many in the post-9/11 United States: Despite the government's efforts to keep them out, individuals who espouse Islamic terrorism continue to slip into the United States. ...more

June 17, 2008