The wait nearly is over for shoppers eager to visit The Shops at Wiregrass mall. ...more

October 21, 2008

Authorities have found more victims of a former state Department of Families & Children spokesman who was jailed on child porn charges, a federal prosecutor said this morning. ...more

October 15, 2008

In a drug case, a former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced Friday to home detention and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty. ...more

September 13, 2008

A former Pasco County detention deputy was sentenced this morning to home detention, and a former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to drug charges. ...more

September 12, 2008

A federal judge has approved a settlement in two class-action lawsuits filed against a St. Petersburg check authorizing company that had more than 8.4 million consumer records stolen and sold to direct marketers. ...more

September 4, 2008

A federal judge has approved a settlement in two class-action lawsuits filed against a St. Petersburg check authorizing company that had more than 8.4 million consumer records stolen and sold to direct marketers. ...more

September 3, 2008

Werner Bloch says he led a double life. The former teacher, dormitory supervisor and tennis coach at Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg had a secret habit: viewing and trading child pornography on the Internet. ...more

August 16, 2008

Former Admiral Farragut Academy teacher Werner Bloch, 41, was sentenced this morning to six years in federal prison, about 10 years less than provided in federal sentencing guidelines, after two defense experts testified he is unlikely to break the law again. ...more

August 15, 2008

The cats of New Zealand will just have to be judged by someone else. A federal judge denied Wednesday a bid by a defendant charged in an $83 million mortgage loan scheme to leave the United States to judge a cat show. ...more

August 14, 2008

The cats of New Zealand will just have to be judged by someone else. A federal judge this morning denied a bid by a defendant charged in an $83 million mortgage loan scheme to leave the United States to judge a cat show. ...more

August 13, 2008