Edward Graziano wanted to be temporarily released from the Pinellas County Jail so he could attend his father's funeral, but a hearing wasn't scheduled until after the service. Graziano, who faces charges he tried to have his wife, Debbie, killed, still wants the furlough so he can travel to New York to pay his respects and to console his mother, his attorney, John Trevena, said Monday. A hearing on the proposed furlough is scheduled for this morning. ...more

May 12, 2009

Edward Graziano will not be released from the Pinellas County Jail after all. ...more

May 1, 2009

A St. Petersburg police officer has been suspended for two days after she left a woman arrested for a traffic violation in a van for up to 45 minutes while the officer went to get lunch, according to police documents released this afternoon. ...more

February 19, 2009

A 21-year-old woman whose attorney says was kept in a transport van for 45 minutes while a St. Petersburg police officer went to lunch was found not guilty today of the charges that landed her in custody in the first place. ...more

February 12, 2009

Niccole Booze kept hoping. She knew it was improbable, but she never let go of the possibility her 3-year-old son would leave the Largo nursing home where he received medical care for much of his young life and one day return to his family. kept hoping. She knew it was improbable, but she never let go of the possibility her 3-year-old son would leave the Largo nursing home where he received medical care for much of his young life and one day return to his family. ...more

December 1, 2008

A child involved in a well-publicized "shaken baby" lawsuit and who had been on life support for more than two years died Friday, according to a former Pinellas County prosecutor. ...more

November 30, 2008

It all started with a lost wallet. By the end of his ordeal, Taillie Lee Gainer III, a 30-year-old youth leadership coach from Tampa, had been arrested on forgery charges and lost his mortgage broker and insurance agent licenses. ...more

October 23, 2008

ST. PETE BEACH A St. Petersburg lawyer was arrested late Thursday on charges of drunken driving and possession of cocaine, Pinellas County Jail records show. ...more

September 26, 2008

Just days after Col. David Parrish passed one of the biggest tests of his career, he announced his retirement. ...more

September 16, 2008

TAMPA - An officer with Tampa police's helicopter unit was reprimanded and given a "letter of counseling" after he made inappropriate comments in February when chasing a man in a stolen vehicle, authorities said. ...more

August 14, 2008