Where's the old Court TV when we need it? The 76-year-old "French Fry Grandma" is scheduled to go on trial in Pinellas County Court July 10 in a legal donnybrook that gets saltier by the week. ...more

July 7, 2008

CLEARWATER - A county judge on Thursday said he would hold off on deciding whether five men wielding anti-gay signs at St. Petersburg's gay pride parade last year broke the law. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - Brittni Hardcastle, one of the teenage girls accused in the videotaped beating of Mulberry teenager Victoria Lindsay, has a hearing today to request changes to the terms of her pretrial release. ...more

June 26, 2008

CLEARWATER - A county judge this morning dismissed a motion to drop charges against Jean Merola, the 76-year-old woman arrested in January and accused of blocking the drive-through at a McDonald's. ...more

June 20, 2008

A county judge on Friday said he would consider a motion to dismiss charges against the 76-year-old grandmother accused of obstructing a McDonald's drive-through, while the woman's attorney said he would attack the arresting officer's ability to tell the truth if the case goes to trial. ...more

June 14, 2008

CLEARWATER - A county judge today said he would consider a motion to dismiss charges against the 76-year-old woman accused of obstructing a McDonald's drive-through, and her attorney said he would attack the arresting officer's ability to tell the truth if the case goes to trial. Jean Merola was 75 when she arrested Jan. 17 at the McDonald's drive-through at 1934 Hercules Ave. N., after Officer Matthew Parco repeatedly instructed her to move her Lincoln Town Car while she waited for an order of french fries without salt. ...more

June 13, 2008

Months ago, a Polk County principal warned a teacher now accused of having sex with at least four underage boys to stop the "hugs, tickles and flirtatious non-school related conversations" with male students, records obtained Friday show. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA - Two weeks ago, Gov. Charlie Crist appointed a county judge to fill a circuit judge seat left vacant when Monica Sierra resigned to continue as a volunteer for an evangelical mission in Israel's West Bank. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA - A 43-year-old woman accused of having sex with a friend's 15-year-old son has been ordered by a Hillsborough County judge to stay away from the boy and his family, court documents state. ...more

May 9, 2008

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of Law Day, this year's theme is: "The Rule of Law: Foundation for Communities of Opportunity and Equity." ...more

May 8, 2008