For the second time in less than a week, a suspect charged in the November 2007 shooting of Samuel Tiller entered into a plea agreement. ...more

December 19, 2008

One of the suspects charged in the November 2007 shooting of Samuel Tiller was sentenced to 25 years in prison at the conclusion of a Friday plea hearing. ...more

December 13, 2008

The Lake Placid Police Department is seeking a suspect in an attempted murder case and asking for the public's help in locating him. ...more

December 12, 2008

A continuance was requested Wednesday in the case of an Avon Park man charged with attempted second-degree murder. ...more

December 11, 2008

A local man arrested Nov. 1 for allegations he battered his 78-year-old mother will have the charges dropped in light of the victim admitting she had "exaggerated" her statement. ...more

December 6, 2008

A Burbank, Calif., man entered a written plea of not guilty via his attorney after being accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a Lorida citrus grove. ...more

November 28, 2008

A Lake Placid man is serving four years in state prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. ...more

November 18, 2008

A local man charged with animal cruelty and battery in reference to the beating of a Sebring woman and her pet pig will face a jury of his peers starting Dec. 1. ...more

November 8, 2008

SEBRING A grand jury has indicted James Higley Barnes Jr., 64, of Burbank, Calif., on the charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife. ...more

November 7, 2008

A second status hearing was set Thursday for one of the suspects charged with the murder of Samuel Tiller. ...more

October 17, 2008