Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy-band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million. ...more

July 17, 2008

Peggy Sue Abbott's attorney advised her to take her first-degree murder charge to a jury. Two mental health counselors who have known her for years gave her the same advice. ...more

July 11, 2008

OCALA - Wesley Snipes will be allowed to leave the United States to work on two movies while his lawyers appeal his tax convictions. ...more

July 3, 2008

A federal judge Friday granted a motion from Steven Green's attorneys, delaying the day he has to report to prison from July 3 to Jan. 3. ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA – A federal judge today granted a motion from Steven Green's attorneys, delaying the day he has to report to prison from July 3 to Jan. 3. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - More than a year after being struck by a car, the man who once was one of Hillsborough County's most notorious landlords remains in a poor mental and physical state, according to a new court filing. An attorney for Steven Green is asking a judge for a six-month extension for Green to report to the Bureau of Prisons to begin serving a prison sentence. Green currently is slated to report July 3. ...more

June 26, 2008

BRADENTON - A woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend and his rabbit with scissors in a fight this year was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday and committed to a state psychiatric hospital. ...more

June 26, 2008

MANATEE - A woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend's rabbit with scissors in a fight this year was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed today to a state psychiatric hospital. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA – A former Chicago police officer who became a local lawyer, Vincent James Krocka is now serving a state prison sentence after being convicted in a standoff with sheriff's deputies. ...more

June 24, 2008

TAMPA – A man who robbed and beat a jewelry courier, stealing jewels valued at nearly $350,000, was sentenced this morning to 17 years in federal prison. ...more

June 24, 2008