Timothy Craig Blackwelder, who has been charged with killing a Tampa man, tried to hang himself Sunday night while in custody in Georgia, Tampa police say. ...more

December 11, 2007

During the past seven years, more than 1,000 Florida prison inmates and their families paid millions for improper transfers to other facilities, state Department of Corrections Secretary James McDonough said today. ...more

November 15, 2007

During the past seven years, more than 1,000 Florida prison inmates and their families paid millions for improper transfers to other facilities, state Department of Corrections Secretary James McDonough said today. ...more

November 14, 2007

The city is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over its approval of a day care center near an apartment complex that rents to sex offenders. ...more

October 27, 2007

TAMPA - An ex-convict released from prison just six months ago was arrested over the weekend, accused of raping a woman he had hired to clean his house and cook him pork chops, authorities said. ...more

October 21, 2007

Still lacking legal counsel, Kristina Gaime is pressing her challenge of a plea deal that let her avoid a potential life prison term for killing one son and attempting to kill another. ...more

October 10, 2007

The state Department of Corrections on Tuesday released the names of three high-ranking officials it is reprimanding for the way they helped allow hundreds of inmates to transfer between prisons throughout Florida. ...more

October 10, 2007

TAMPA - The state Department of Corrections today released the names of three high-ranking officials it is reprimanding for the way they helped allow hundreds of inmates to transfer between prisons throughout Florida. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - The state Department of Corrections today released letters it sent last month to a Tallahassee lawyer and his associate, a former corrections department staff member, saying the men used "overt and covert actions to improperly influence" inmate transfers. The department became suspicious months ago that transfers were influenced by money or favors offered to nine of its employees at corrections headquarters in Tallahassee. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - The state Department of Corrections will demote three high ranking officials and has taken steps to suspend them without pay because of how they allowed hundreds of inmates to transfer between prisons throughout Florida, Corrections Secretary James McDonough said today. ...more

October 8, 2007