Irv Hoffman and Margie Weiss had plans for honoring their copper-haired daughter on what would have been her 25th birthday Thursday, including a long visit at Rachel Hoffman's Palm Harbor grave. ...more

December 18, 2009

A Tallahassee jury has convicted Deneilo Bradshaw of first-degree murder and robbery of 23-year-old police informant Rachel Hoffman. ...more

December 17, 2009

Jurors called it a night Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the capital murder trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, accused of participating in the shooting and robbery of Tallahassee police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman, 23. ...more

December 17, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw flashed a thick wad of $100 bills, ate pizza, had sex with a girlfriend in Orlando and sang a happy song on the night he participated in the slaying of Rachel Hoffman, according to testimony in a Leon County courthouse last week. ...more

December 13, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, is no hardcore drug lord; just a "mama's boy" who never would hurt a woman, says his stepfather, Karey Freeman, of Tallahassee. ...more

December 6, 2009

Jury selection begins today in the trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, one of two men accused in the slaying of 23-year-old Rachel Hoffman during a botched drug sting in May 2008. ...more

November 30, 2009

Two men drove from Manatee County to the Wal-Mart on Broad Street Wednesday on the belief they were going to illegally buy 150 grams of the painkiller oxycodone. ...more

April 18, 2009

State lawmakers in the West Pasco area are taking up the cause of protecting informants after Rachel Hoffman, a Florida State University graduate, was killed during a botched drug sting operation by police. The proposal, called Rachel's Law, has the backing of state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs. ...more

January 28, 2009

Tallahassee-area law enforcement officers failed Rachel Hoffman horribly last spring while she was working as an informant during a controlled drug buy. They lost visual and audible contact with her, and the 23-year-old, who had recently graduated from Florida State University, was gunned down. ...more

January 19, 2009

Four people tried to sell 5,000 Ecstasy pills Friday for $25,000, Tampa police say. ...more

December 12, 2008