Joseph Coleman is likely headed to prison for life. A jury convicted the 56-year-old Lacoochee man Thursday of attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2006 shooting of his then-estranged wife, Sylvia Grant. ...more

November 6, 2009

Joseph Coleman is likely headed to prison for life. A jury today convicted the 56-year Lacoochee man of attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2006 shooting of his then-estranged wife, Sylvia Grant. Circuit Judge Pat Siracusa will sentence Coleman on Dec. 3. ...more

November 5, 2009

Tales of mental illness and a hard-luck childhood have become standard defense testimony in death penalty cases. ...more

March 20, 2009

Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the slayings of two Wesley Chapel High students. ...more

March 19, 2009

A jury deliberated for five hours Wednesday before finding Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. guilty of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Wesley Chapel High students. ...more

March 19, 2009

Jurors have begun deliberating whether Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. took a pair of teenagers to a dirt road two years ago and shot them both in the head. ...more

March 18, 2009

A Zephyrhills teen who had a map detailing plans to shoot up his school and access to guns was sentenced Wednesday to a lengthy probation after pleading guilty. ...more

March 5, 2009

A Zephyrhills teen with access to guns and a map detailing plans to shoot up his school was sentenced today to a lengthy probation term after pleading guilty. ...more

March 4, 2009

Timothy Webb's ongoing assertion that he didn't want to purchase 2 kilos of cocaine was turned aside again today, this time by a judge. ...more

December 4, 2008

Former NFL linebacker Darren Hambrick decided against accepting a deal from prosecutors Wednesday. Circuit Judge Pat Siracusa set a Nov. 24 trial date for Hambrick's witness tampering and misdemeanor battery charges. ...more

October 23, 2008