Much of Jason Waterhouse's life has been spent breaking laws, but a string of crimes that ended in April likely will be his last brush with the legal system for a while. ...more

February 4, 2009

Much of Jason Waterhouse's life has been spent breaking laws, but a string of crimes that ended in April likely will be his last brush with the legal system for awhile. ...more

February 3, 2009

Nicholas Altamuro's family left a courtroom Friday afternoon uttering profanities and calling Donnalee Johnston "a liar." One woman went so far as to say she was going to kill Johnston. ...more

January 31, 2009

Nicholas Altamuro's family left a courtroom this afternoon uttering profanities and calling Donnalee Johnston "a liar." One lady went so far as to say she was going to kill Johnston. ...more

January 30, 2009

An Iraq war veteran has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in St. Petersburg two years ago, according to prosecutors and police documents. ...more

January 29, 2009

Pinellas County Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the county's first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 2, 2009

Pinellas Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 1, 2009

Pasco Circuit Judge Thane Covert sentenced Sharon Sprout to life in prison this morning for the 2004 slaying of her longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. ...more

December 23, 2008

Judging from his words, Brian Lane is ill-informed about the long-term damage inflicted upon children who are victims of sexual molestation. ...more

November 7, 2008

The people who answer the phone at Land O' Lakes Jail know Donnalee Johnston's voice. ...more

October 23, 2008