In recognition of the 50{+t}{+h} anniversary of Law Day, which was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to celebrate and honor our American system of justice, this year's theme is: "The Rule of Law: Foundation for Communities of Opportunity and Equity." ...more

May 8, 2008

Like many court cases, the decision was a tough one. On one side, attorneys painted a picture of a concerned "B.B. Wolf," short for Big Bear Wolf, who feared that his friend, the little pig, may have fallen and hurt himself. Since the pig did not have a medical alert necklace and was not answering the door, he decided to check on him by climbing down the chimney, where he burned his rear end by falling into a cauldron of boiling water. ...more

May 8, 2008

Like many court cases, the decision was a tough one. ...more

May 7, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County Judge Thomas P. Barber has gotten the nod to jump up to the circuit court bench. Barber, who handles misdemeanor criminal cases, will fill the seat left vacant on Feb. 1 when Circuit Judge Monica Sierra resigned to continue as a volunteer for a humanitarian organization in Israel's West Bank. Sierra sat on the family court bench handling juvenile dependency issues. Gov. Charlie Crist's appointment of Barber was announced Tuesday. ...more

May 7, 2008

AVON PARK — Like everyone, Jean Claude Meus was fearful of prison. And like everyone, Meus thought if he stayed out of gangs, away from drugs, and didn't rob or steal, then he would never wind up in prison. But it did happen. ...more

May 3, 2008

Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kevin Doll will go on trial in March on allegations he abused his former stepdaughter during a dispute in October. ...more

February 6, 2008

BROOKSVILLE - Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kevin Doll will go on trial in March on allegations he abused his former stepdaughter during a dispute in October. ...more

February 5, 2008

SEBRING — Sheriff's K-9 deputy Kyle Albritton and his partner Naiche tracked a 16-year-old juvenile suspect wanted on a charge of violation of probation who walked out of the Department of Juvenile Justice office in Sun 'n Lake of Sebring. ...more

January 17, 2008

Rap artist R. Kelly was scheduled to appear in court in Chicago today to face charges he videotaped sex acts with a minor girl in or before 2000. ...more

January 14, 2008

The plaintiffs fighting for the Board of Governors' right to set public university tuition in Florida have no standing to sue the Legislature unless they can show otherwise, a Leon County judge ruled Thursday. ...more

January 4, 2008