Tampa police are investigating a fight video involving teenage girls that popped up on MySpace last week. The case has been assigned to a detective, who is following up on it today, said retired Sgt. Jim Contento, a department spokesman. ...more

April 2, 2009

Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober was in the state Capitol on Wednesday making a plea for money in a place where it's in short supply. ...more

April 2, 2009

Investigator succeeds where others fail. ...more

April 1, 2009

A doctor who vanished eight years ago after he was charged with molesting two girls in Pinellas County has turned up under a different name in Ireland, and now is fighting extradition, according to Dublin news organizations. ...more

April 1, 2009

Four years after a girl, then 5, was handcuffed at a Pinellas County elementary school, her mother has filed a lawsuit against the Pinellas County School Board. ...more

April 1, 2009

It is important for the public to understand that considerable misinformation has been purposefully disseminated by some clerks of court of the state of Florida as a result of certain legislation proposed this legislative session. The proposed bills seek to remove some duties from the clerks and transfer them to the judiciary and to require the clerks to undergo the same budgetary process that the judicial branch, state attorney, public defender and the remaining entities in state government are required to undergo. ...more

March 28, 2009

Two St. Petersburg police officers were justified in their use of deadly force in the Feb. 10 shooting of a woman who threatened another person with a large barbecue fork. ...more

March 26, 2009

Prosecutors in South Florida are taking a fresh look at evidence in the 2007 death of actress-model Anna Nicole Smith. ...more

March 25, 2009

Sebring Mayor George Hensley will be hosting a town hall meeting titled "Be The Wall." ...more

March 25, 2009

Last Friday, Pasco Sheriff Bob White dropped a surprise on the Pasco County Public Safety Coordinating Council, which brings together officials of county government, the court system, law enforcement, probation and mental health to work out issues related to the county's two jails. White said he is disbanding the Sheriff's Office unit that oversees criminal defendants whom judges have released from jail on their own recognizance. With the Pasco public sector strapped for cash, the Sheriff's Office wants to shift the money it has been spending on supervised ROR to other areas of its operations. The sheriff, however, should approach spending this savings with caution. ...more

March 25, 2009