The blow that killed 22-month-old Chavon Robinson was so severe that the swelling of his brain cut off all bodily functions, authorities said. ...more

December 9, 2009

Patricia Wells and her 17-year-old son, Brandon Wininger, hadn't had much peace since moving in to a Teak Street mobile home in December 2005. ...more

December 9, 2009

Attorneys on both sides need additional time, so a continuance was granted Tuesday in the case against Jennifer Short, the mother of deceased 22-month-old Kaedyn Short. ...more

December 9, 2009

Mohammad Nasir Uddin had just upgraded the video surveillance system at his convenience store, in all likelihood to enhance the security there in the event he was robbed. ...more

December 8, 2009

The complexion of self-professed neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. that prospective jurors saw Monday was quite a bit cleaner than the one seen Friday afternoon in Pasco County Circuit Court. ...more

December 8, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, is no hardcore drug lord; just a "mama's boy" who never would hurt a woman, says his stepfather, Karey Freeman, of Tallahassee. ...more

December 6, 2009

John Ditullio Jr. has chosen to decorate his neck with a pair of tattoos - a swastika on the right side and an expletive on the left. ...more

December 5, 2009

John Ditullio Jr. has chosen to decorate his neck with a pair of tattoos – a swastika on the right side and an expletive on the left. ...more

December 4, 2009

A man accused of shooting four relatives to death after Thanksgiving dinner in South Florida told family members he had been waiting 20 years to kill them, the father of one of the victims said today. ...more

December 1, 2009

Jury selection was supposed to start Monday in the trial of Highlands County inmate Terrence Barnett, but it had nothing to do with his connection to the death of Polk County Detention Sgt. Ronnie Brown. ...more

November 28, 2009