TAMPA - Five members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida for sale to street gangs in Puerto Rico received prison sentences this morning ranging from one to four years. They join seven other members of the ring, who were sentenced last week to up to 14 years behind bars. One of the leaders of the ring, Melvin Omar Velez-Santos, 30, had his sentencing hearing postponed until next week. ...more

December 12, 2008

LAS VEGAS - A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as many as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity." The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions. ...more

December 5, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years. ...more

November 25, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years behind bars. ...more

November 24, 2008

The prosecutor and the victim's family want a judge to reduce the sentence of a man who participated in the slaying of a Haines City police officer nearly 11 years ago. But Christopher Gamble told the judge he deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars for what he did. ...more

November 15, 2008

The prosecutor and the victim's family want a judge to reduce the sentence of a man who participated in the killing of a Haines City police officer nearly 11 years ago. ...more

November 14, 2008

Trial is approaching for a handful of the "johns" arrested during a prostitution sting staged by the Brooksville Police Department. ...more

November 14, 2008

In reference to the allegations of impropriety concerning Luke Brooker-fill dirt and Bob Germaine-election issues. ...more

November 13, 2008

A 22-year-old man and a teenager were arrested by Pasco deputies Thursday in connection with a shooting Oct. 18. Detectives say Norman Geronimo "Momo" Bravo, 22, and 17-year-old Nicholas Genaro Harold Fusco were driving on Davista Avenue when they got into a dispute with a group standing in the road at about 2 a.m. ...more

October 24, 2008

A man suspected of attempting to rob a Brooksville bank earlier this year accepted a five-year prison sentence on Thursday. ...more

October 24, 2008