LAKELAND - It was the moment Jay Dennis and the huge congregation he leads have dreaded for days. After two weeks of investigation, Lakeland police arrested a trusted church member and accused him of sex offenses involving three boys he mentored at the church. ...more

November 3, 2007

Two men charged with killing four crew members on a fishing boat they chartered were ordered held without bail Tuesday, despite defense attorneys' insistence that no evidence linked their clients to the crime. ...more

October 24, 2007

HUDSON A wreck on Kitten Trail that left one man dead and another in a coma with a broken neck earlier this month may have been more than an accident. Brian D. Haag, 27, of 9951 Loy St. in New Port Richey, is charged with three counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death. But He may face more serious charges, however, if physical evidence backs up eyewitness accounts of the Oct. 3 incident, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

October 19, 2007

WAUCHULA — A trial for former Zolfo Springs Police Chief David Scheid will be pushed back at least another month because of medical issues with defense attorney Gil Colon Jr. Jury selection was scheduled to begin on Monday morning at the Hardee County Courthouse for Scheid, who is facing charges of official misconduct, grand theft, tampering with a witness, fabricating physical evidence and petty theft. However, Colon failed to appear at the courthouse, and an associate with Colon's firm said that the attorney suffered a medical injury to his back while in-line skating this weekend. A jury pool of approximately 80 people was dismissed following the announcement, and a Nov. 20 status conference was set for the case, which will probably lead to another trial date. ...more

October 16, 2007

A moment of silence was held to honor Memphis defensive lineman Taylor Bradford before Tuesday night's game between the Tigers and Marshall. Memphis won 24-21. ...more

October 3, 2007

While the government's bloody crackdown on street demonstrations in Myanmar has drawn the world's attention, newly released satellite photos provide evidence that the military there has destroyed villages and forcibly relocated people in the countryside. ...more

September 29, 2007

Standing at the check-in line of the Atlanta airport last summer, a teenage girl - the adopted daughter of John Bryan - shared a terrible secret with a woman who also had been adopted by the second-term St. Petersburg council member. ...more

September 28, 2007

Two weeks after a Seffner woman went for a jog and wound up dead in a burning van, Hillsborough County sheriff's investigators tracked a suspect to the Panhandle and arrested him Thursday. ...more

September 28, 2007

David Lee Onstott, who is awaiting trial on charges he killed a 13-year-old Ruskin girl, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. ...more

September 21, 2007

TAMPA - David Lee Onstott, who is awaiting trial on charges he killed a 13-year-old Ruskin girl, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. ...more

September 20, 2007