Reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins' life ended in a way that could have been scripted for TV: as police investigated the wanted man's suicide at a secluded Canadian motel, word came Monday of a mysterious young woman checking him in. Accused of the gruesome death of his ex-wife, a model whose body was so badly mutilated it had to be identified by her breast implants' serial numbers, Jenkins evaded a massive international manhunt for days as he crossed from California into his native Canada. ...more

August 24, 2009

Prosecutors will ask a grand jury to indict seven men for first-degree murder in the home-invasion slayings of a wealthy Panhandle Couple, a move that could allow them to seek the death penalty, a state attorney said Thursday. ...more

August 6, 2009

Setting a trial date is proving elusive in the case of Eric James Tate, accused of raping and fatally injuring his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter. ...more

July 31, 2009

A Hardee County grand jury indicted two Sebring men for the November 2008 murder of a Jamaican man. ...more

July 23, 2009

Beneath tardy loans, overdue rent and unpaid work, Charles Allen checked the "other" box on his small claims lawsuit. ...more

July 16, 2009

Police say a Georgia man came to Tampa to buy guns he planned to use to kill his ex-wife's boyfriend. ...more

July 9, 2009

A man charged with murdering Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable. ...more

July 3, 2009

A Pasco County grand jury Wednesday indicted a Dade City man on a first-degree murder charge. ...more

July 2, 2009

The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida. ...more

June 25, 2009

A bond was set Monday for an Avon Park man accused of shooting another in the chest at an Avon Park street corner back in December. ...more

June 25, 2009