Former state Judge Thomas Stringer may dread the next Friday the 13th. ...more

September 11, 2009

The Mr. Snuggles case returns to court this afternoon. A disposition involving the dog's former owner, Amy Chantarak, is set for 1:30 p.m. today. ...more

July 27, 2009

A federal jury has found a Spring Hill man guilty of assaulting a flight crew after arriving at Orlando International Airport, the U.S. State Attorney's Office said. ...more

May 21, 2009

An airman in Alaska has been sentenced to almost 10 years behind bars after being found guilty of trying to force his wife to miscarry by lacing her food with ulcer medication. ...more

May 3, 2009

The fifth and final defendant in an October 2006 gang beating learned Wednesday that his next 15 years will be spent in prison. ...more

April 2, 2009

Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot luxury yacht and a smaller vessel have been seized by U.S Marshals in Florida. ...more

April 1, 2009

Franklin Duran, 41, was convicted of conspiracy and failure to register as a Venezuelan agent. ...more

March 16, 2009

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Oklahoma deputy on charges he traveled to Pinellas County to have sex with two children. ...more

March 6, 2009

A Sarasota lawyer has admitted participating in what authorities have said was an $82.7 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks. ...more

February 4, 2009

A Sarasota hedge fund manager who went missing for 13 days after being accused of misleading investors will be held without bail pending trial, a federal magistrate ruled Friday. ...more

January 31, 2009