A former driver for Osama bin Laden was sentenced Thursday to 51/2 years in prison for his material support for terrorism, a relatively light sentence that means the first detainee at Guantanamo Bay to face a full military commission trial could be released from custody in just five months. ...more

August 8, 2008

The man found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a motorcycle rider nicknamed "Uncle Ugly" was sentenced today to life in prison. ...more

July 30, 2008

TAMPA - When Exhibit No. 15A appeared on the screen today, the brother of a slain 13-year-old Citrus Park boy got up from his seat and cursed at the man accused of strangling his sibling. ...more

July 15, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist signed a death warrant this week for a Central Florida man convicted of killing two young girls after raping their mother in 1993. ...more

July 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The second woman charged with killing her 47-year-old boyfriend in what authorities called a ménage a trois gone bad pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA - A man convicted earlier this year of raping a woman in her apartment near the University of South Florida in 1999 will be featured on "America's Most Wanted" on Saturday. ...more

July 2, 2008

An unnamed prison inmate who gave key testimony that led to a conviction in a Manatee County murder - all $3,000 of it - to local charities in the name of the homicide victim. ...more

June 30, 2008

TAMPA An unnamed prison inmate who gave key testimony that led to a conviction in a Manatee County murder case has donated his reward - all $3,000 of it - to local charities in the name of the homicide victim. ...more

June 29, 2008

SEBRING — A jury deliberated less than two hours Thursday before convicting Oral Williams, 21, of nine counts of rape, kidnapping, robbery and burglary. The jury acquitted Williams, of Sebring, on two counts of forcing the victim's boyfriend of engaging in sexual activity with the female. "I would be just guessing why," said Asst. State's Attorney John Kromholz, who rested his case at 2:45 p.m. Thursday. Williams's attorney, Bruce Nants of Bartow, also rested his defense without calling Williams or other witnesses to testify in his defense. ...more

June 20, 2008

Suck It Up, Nick Regarding "Bollea's Lawyers Fight His Isolation" (front page, June 3): ...more

June 6, 2008