The second of three people charged in the March 1 beating of two teenagers pleaded guilty Wednesday. ...more

December 18, 2008

The second of three people charged in the beating March 1 of two teenagers pleaded guilty today. ...more

December 17, 2008

TAMPA A 78-year-old mental health therapist faces up to life in prison after being convicted this afternoon of a federal charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. After the verdict was read, Charles Friedlander was overcome with emotion, according to his attorney, George Tragos. He was led away to jail in a wheelchair. ...more

December 16, 2008

Three more men have been arrested and extradited to the United States in an ongoing Tampa-based investigation that targets Colombian drug smugglers. ...more

December 11, 2008

About seven months before John "Junior" Gotti and four other men were arrested on racketeering charges, a defendant in another mob case secretly pleaded guilty, prosecutors announced today. ...more

December 10, 2008

Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty for a Central Florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

December 7, 2008

ORLANDO - Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty in the case of a Central Florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

December 5, 2008

Convicted killer Phillup Partin was sentenced to death this afternoonin the 2002 slaying of 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook. ...more

December 1, 2008

An Investigation Discovery Channel show premiering Dec. 1 documents a 2003 homicide in St. Petersburg and features interviews with five Pinellas County sheriff's detectives who helped crack the case. ...more

November 26, 2008

A man investigators say led a violent ring that dealt in drugs and stolen property in Polk County was sentenced today in federal court to life in prison. ...more

November 26, 2008