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

Bill Wyatt isn't running for office, despite at least one person's misconception. ...more

May 22, 2008

Victoria Rupple's case may be the rare one in which the justice system - not the defendant - receives a second chance to get it right. ...more

February 8, 2008

Jesse Mockler stood ramrod straight at the podium, hands crossed at his waist, a blank expression on his face. ...more

January 24, 2008

Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. The 21-year-old actress soon will be working at a morgue as part of her punishment for misdemeanor drunken driving, her attorney, Blair Berk, told a judge Thursday. ...more

January 19, 2008

A Canadian who secretly pleaded guilty years ago and briefly became an informant against al-Qaida was sentenced Friday to life in prison for plotting to blow up U.S. embassies in Singapore and the Philippines. ...more

January 19, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. The 21-year-old actress will soon be working at a morgue as part of her punishment for misdemeanor drunken driving, her attorney, Blair Berk, told a judge Thursday. ...more

January 18, 2008

David Hicks, the only person sentenced by the military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try terrorism suspects, walked out of prison in Australia this morning after serving nine months for providing support to a terrorist organization. ...more

December 29, 2007

So often does BP Plc and its subsidiaries find themselves in courthouses, the company could publish an insider's guide to them across America. ...more

December 22, 2007

A teen accused of having a hand in the beating of a well-known figure on Hernando County's roads will be behind bars or on probation until he turns 21. ...more

December 7, 2007