A former Department of Children & Families employee pleaded guilty today to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

March 5, 2009

Accused in the execution-style slaying of a Bartow drug dealer, Jermaine Michael Julian told investigators someone else was the gunman, according to evidence presented at his murder trial today. ...more

February 27, 2009

Two people have told The Associated Press that Ingmar Guandique will be charged in the Levy case. ...more

February 23, 2009

Three men hired to help attack a Sarasota man's in-laws have been sentenced to federal prison terms. ...more

February 23, 2009

A Salvadoran immigrant convicted of attacking two women in the park where Chandra Levy's remains were found was expected to be arrested in the next few days in the former intern's slaying, a person close to the investigation said. ...more

February 22, 2009

Authorities have searched the grounds of three homes owned by a convicted child abuser, looking for the body of one of her adopted children. ...more

February 20, 2009

The chief officer of a Korean cargo ship that dumped oily waste into the ocean has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he concealed the polluting in ship records. ...more

February 16, 2009

TAMPA – The Falcons have decided to trade troubled quarterback Michael Vick, but they won't find a partner in the Tampa Bay Bucs. ...more

February 13, 2009

Zorro the Bandit's crime spree is over, St. Petersburg police say. Fingerprints from a bag of candy he left behind during a robbery were the keys to catching him, police said. ...more

February 12, 2009

Professional golfer Jim Thorpe is facing federal tax evasion charges, accused of failing to pay about $1.6 million owed to the federal government over three years. ...more

February 11, 2009