Jeremy Barton lined his wife and four children up against their living room wall and pointed a handgun at them, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 29, 2008

A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. Deputies arrested Bruce Yates, 28, of an undisclosed Okeechobee address, charging him with felony battery or domestic violence battery by strangulation, possession of a controlled substance (Xanax) without a prescription and possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana. ...more

September 17, 2008

For Mykini Blingz, things are moving fast. The "swimsuit enhancement jewelry" idea just pretty much opened for business last month with a new Web site, and its two Pinellas County entrepreneurs are slated to be on national television tonight. ...more

September 8, 2008

A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $21,000 bond Monday, after he was charged in connection with beating and choking his estranged wife who is six months pregnant. ...more

August 12, 2008

Deputies say a man was beaten unconscious Saturday by a robber. The robbery occurred about 2:30 p.m. outside 16129 Wilson Blvd. and authorities point to John Kopasz as the perpetrator. ...more

July 22, 2008

A jury convicted former youth minister Joshua Rosa of first-degree murder Monday in the strangulation of his 13-year-old neighbor. ...more

July 22, 2008

With the wails of the defendant's father audible from outside the packed courtroom this morning, a circuit judge sentenced a former youth minister at a Pentecostal church to life in prison without possibility of parole for murdering a 13-year-old. ...more

July 21, 2008

TAMPA - Jury selection is ongoing in the case against Joshua Rosa, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the Dec. 8, 2005, strangulation of a 13-year-old Citrus Park boy. ...more

July 14, 2008

LP Man Accused Of Choking Girlfriend SEBRING — A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $47,000 bond Thursday, arrested in connection with a felony domestic violence strangulation case. Donovan Paul Darroh, 28, was charged with felony battery or domestic violence battery by strangulation, domestic violence battery, possession of marijuana and smuggling contraband into a detention facility. ...more

June 20, 2008