A mentally ill woman who told police she was trying to "kill the demons" when she stabbed her 2-year-old son to death in 2007 may avoid criminal prosecution. Two psychologists who evaluated Jessica Warren have determined that she didn't understand the nature or consequence of her actions at the time of the killing, said Assistant State Attorney Mike Halkitis. ...more

February 6, 2009

A federal judge has granted a new trial for a 78-year-old mental health therapist who faced up to life in prison on a charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. ...more

February 6, 2009

A man convicted of robbing two teenagers at gunpoint received a 30-year prison sentence Thursday. ...more

February 6, 2009

An armed robbery suspect received a 30-year prison sentence on Thursday. ...more

February 5, 2009

After about an hour of deliberating, a Pinellas jury Wednesday evening found a 27-year-old Miami man guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a friend in 2005. ...more

February 5, 2009

The case resulting from the November 2007 shooting death of Samuel Tiller has come to an end, with the third suspect being sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison. ...more

February 5, 2009

The owner of three fishing boats that were seized after authorities found them smuggling cocaine from Colombia pleaded guilty this morning to a federal drug offense. ...more

February 2, 2009

One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. ...more

January 28, 2009

One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. Mercades Nichols, 18, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery, which carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail. ...more

January 27, 2009

The man charged with shooting Samuel Tiller during a November 2007 burglary of the victim's home pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder. ...more

January 24, 2009