The detention deputy was sitting at his desk when the inmate attacked. The deputy was 64; the inmate was 40 years younger, and mad. ...more

November 4, 2009

An airman in Alaska has been sentenced to almost 10 years behind bars after being found guilty of trying to force his wife to miscarry by lacing her food with ulcer medication. ...more

May 3, 2009

The Obama administration on Friday dropped the term "enemy combatant" as a label for people held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and increased the legal threshold needed to detain them. ...more

March 14, 2009

A military court has sentenced a second Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to conspiring with a shipmate to beat an Iraqi prisoner. ...more

January 24, 2009

A woman was sentenced Tuesday to time served for her role in the confinement of her son, then 9, who authorities say was kept locked in his bedroom for almost three years and monitored by a video camera. ...more

December 30, 2008

Two Lithia residents have been charged with cruelty to animals and confinement of animals without food and water after investigators removed dozens of animals from their home. ...more

December 23, 2008

Two Tampa residents treated dogs so poorly that the animals looked skeletal, investigators say. ...more

December 1, 2008

Lt. Michael Farrier, who was suspended following the escape of a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate last month, has been reinstated to administrative duties, Col. Jim Previtera said today. ...more

November 11, 2008

The father of a 21-year-old woman who authorities say was raped by Raymond Marston, the inmate who escaped from a county jail, today thanked law enforcement and two homeless brothers whose tip led to Marston's capture. Marston, 50, had been in jail since May 27 on charges including sexual battery, kidnapping, robbery and aggravated battery. He escaped from Falkenburg Road Jail on Sunday night as he was being escorted to a medical clinic, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 31, 2008

Angelique Stephens mistreated a dog, causing the animal to become weak and bloated, according to Hillsborough County Animal Services investigators. ...more

October 23, 2008