TAMPA - Michael Mitchell said his relationship with his older brother "hit a wall" when William Joe Mitchell was sent to prison in 2002 for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. ...more

October 7, 2007

The parents of a teenager killed at a juvenile boot camp in the Panhandle don't expect to see a fair trial, their lawyer said Monday. ...more

October 2, 2007

PENSACOLA - Jury selection begins Monday in the aggravated manslaughter trial of seven guards and a nurse at a military-style juvenile detention camp where a grainy surveillance tape showed a 14-year-old boy being struck repeatedly before he collapsed, was carried off on a stretcher and died. Martin Lee Anderson's death in January 2006 led the Florida Legislature to abolish military-style boot camps for juvenile offenders last year. ...more

September 24, 2007

TAMPA - A 35-year-old man apprehended Saturday, two hours after he allegedly forced his way into a residence and robbed the two occupants, also was wanted in the fatal stabbing of a Ruskin man in July, Tampa police said. ...more

September 15, 2007

Mindy McCready was sentenced Friday to a year in prison on a probation violation after being charged in a domestic dispute in Florida. ...more

September 15, 2007