Reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins' life ended in a way that could have been scripted for TV: as police investigated the wanted man's suicide at a secluded Canadian motel, word came Monday of a mysterious young woman checking him in. Accused of the gruesome death of his ex-wife, a model whose body was so badly mutilated it had to be identified by her breast implants' serial numbers, Jenkins evaded a massive international manhunt for days as he crossed from California into his native Canada. ...more

August 24, 2009

Authorities say the troubled Indiana money manager who tried to fake his own death in a plane crash to avoid financial ruin bilked about $1 million from friends and relatives as part of an investment scheme that has led to 11 felony charges. ...more

August 23, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate a collision Thursday that killed a 44-year-old man from Daytona Beach. ...more

August 21, 2009

A 3-year-old girl has been flown by medical helicopter to a St. Petersburg hospital after being found unconscious at a day care, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue dispatchers. ...more

August 20, 2009

A Lake Placid man was arrested Tuesday on warrants accusing him of showing an 11-year-old girl sexually explicit Web sites. ...more

August 20, 2009

A body found in July by Pasco County detectives near a camp for the homeless is that of a 46-year-old homeless woman, the sheriff's office said. ...more

August 19, 2009

A Riverview man is wanted on second-degree murder charges in the slayings of his mother and teenage sister, found dead this morning inside the apartment the three shared, the sheriff's office said. ...more

August 17, 2009

The body found by Pasco County detectives near a homeless camp last month is that of a 46-year-old homeless woman, sheriff's officials said today. ...more

August 17, 2009

A 55-year-old South Florida man allegedly swindled some $400,000 from two New York women he was engaged to at the same time. Authorities say Paul R. Francois coaxed one to move to Florida after she met him on vacation, and the other into taking out a $100,000 home equity loan on her Elmont, N.Y. place. ...more

August 13, 2009

Another former postal employee has admitted stealing gift cards out of the mail. ...more

August 3, 2009