TAMPA -- Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said a criminal investigation into the dumping of a disabled man at Orient Road Jail in January is focusing on the guard who tipped the inmate over and no one else in the room. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - Spurred by outrage over the videotaped dumping of a quadriplegic man from a wheelchair by a deputy, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee held a press conference at 10:30 a.m. to address questions from the media. ...more

February 15, 2008

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is asking his Office of Civil Rights to immediately review a video of a man being dumped from his wheelchair by a jail deputy. ...more

February 14, 2008

A 37-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest subprime mortgage companies, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

February 14, 2008

Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 5, 2008

The Gulf Middle School Web site was shut down Friday after a link to a gay-pornography Internet site was discovered, school officials reported. ...more

January 26, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The Gulf Middle School Web site was shut down today after a link to a gay-pornography Internet site was discovered, school officials reported. ...more

January 25, 2008

The Florida attorney general's office and two state legislators said Tuesday that they will more aggressively pursue and prosecute companies that use deception to acquire the homes of people trying to avoid foreclosure. ...more

January 23, 2008

A report released Tuesday on Florida's growing gang problem suggested lawmakers toughen sentencing guidelines and devote more money to protecting witnesses and anti-gang training for police and prosecutors. ...more

January 16, 2008