About seven months before John "Junior" Gotti and four other men were arrested on racketeering charges, a defendant in another mob case secretly pleaded guilty, prosecutors announced today. ...more

December 10, 2008

Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty for a Central Florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

December 7, 2008

ORLANDO - Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty in the case of a Central Florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

December 5, 2008

Convicted killer Phillup Partin was sentenced to death this afternoonin the 2002 slaying of 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook. ...more

December 1, 2008

An Investigation Discovery Channel show premiering Dec. 1 documents a 2003 homicide in St. Petersburg and features interviews with five Pinellas County sheriff's detectives who helped crack the case. ...more

November 26, 2008

A man investigators say led a violent ring that dealt in drugs and stolen property in Polk County was sentenced today in federal court to life in prison. ...more

November 26, 2008

A judge today delayed ruling on a wide-ranging gag order in the case of a Florida mom charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

November 25, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years. ...more

November 25, 2008

Christopher Gamble, who told a judge he thought he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, will have his life sentence reduced to less than 16 years behind bars. ...more

November 24, 2008

Jurors deliberated for four hours Thursday before finding Sharon Sprout guilty of second-degree murder in the 2004 killing of her longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. ...more

November 21, 2008