Prosecutors have asked that the Orlando mother charged with killing her daughter face check fraud charges before she goes on trial in the murder case. Prosecutors filed a request Tuesday asking that Casey Anthony go on trial for the fraud charges within the next two months. ...more

June 23, 2009

A routine traffic stop in Highlands County on Saturday led to the arrest of a North Carolina man charged with killing a soldier assigned to Fort Hood, Texas. ...more

June 9, 2009

A murder defendant in central Florida wants tax dollars to pay for the removal of a bullet from his grown because he says it will help in his defense. ...more

May 31, 2009

A second defendant charged in the 2007 murder of Bryan "Red" Fanning now has an October trial date. ...more

May 22, 2009

A man accused of tossing his ex-girlfriend's baby son from a car along Interstate 275 is set to be arraigned this morning on a host of charges, including murder. ...more

May 20, 2009

A judge is allowing a civil lawsuit to proceed, for now, against a Florida mother charged with killing her toddler daughter last year. ...more

May 19, 2009

It has been one week since an attorney said the young child allegedly injured by Avon Park police officer James Parker would be taken off life support, and as of Monday, there was no change in the victim's condition. ...more

May 12, 2009

A man charged with killing his former girlfriend in her Riverview home must remain in jail. ...more

May 6, 2009

A 57-year-old Tampa man forced a woman into her apartment and poured lighter fluid on her, saying he would kill her because she was cheating on him, Tampa police say. The two were co-workers and had never dated, police say. ...more

May 4, 2009

Troy Christoff lives with five relatives in his Winter Haven home, and this morning he wanted to shoot them all, authorities say. ...more

April 14, 2009