A 57-year-old man has been extradited from Illinois to face charges that he was drunk when he was involved in a wreck last year in Largo that left a motorcyclist dead and led to the motorcyclist's passenger losing a leg. James Laier was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter and DUI-serious bodily injury. Bail was set at $55,000. ...more

February 16, 2009

A 22-year-old unemployed man was arrested this morning, accused of punching and hitting a cat, and then leaving his apartment with the feline in his backpack. ...more

February 12, 2009

As Arthur G. Nadel made his way to New York on Thursday under the watchful eye of U.S. marshals, the clock ticked away on the 30-day time limit faced by prosecutors to indict the man accused of a hedge fund swindle before they would have to set him free. ...more

February 6, 2009

The caregiver for a 96-year-old woman living in a mobile home park is accused of trying to steal $215,000 in annuities the woman had set aside to supplement her social security checks, according to court documents. ...more

February 4, 2009

A prosecutor said this morning she is seeking the maximum penalty — five years in prison — for David William Earley, who is a quarter million dollars behind in child support and spent the past 18 months as a fugitive. ...more

February 4, 2009

Despite efforts by his girlfriend to cover for him, an Ohio man has been charged with driving-under-the-influence—manslaughter in connection with a May 5 wreck. ...more

February 4, 2009

The undercover St. Petersburg detective who was shot Jan. 26 while trying to apprehend robbery suspects was released from Bayfront Medical Center on Monday afternoon, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

February 4, 2009

A DNA match has led to charges in a 1992 17-year-old sexual battery case involving a pre-teen girl. ...more

January 30, 2009

The two undercover detectives were driving by when they noticed three teens on bicycles acting oddly outside a gas station Monday evening. ...more

January 28, 2009

An 18-year-old St. Petersburg man who has been charged in three robberies – in one of them his parents are accused of being the getaway drivers – is now charged with fatally shooting a man. ...more

January 23, 2009