Steven Lorenzo's letter admitting details of 2003 murders released ahead of sentencing
After 20 years of legal wrangling, Steven Lorenzo has pleaded guilty to luring, torturing and killing two men in Tampa. Last year, he asked a judge to give him the death penalty. Now, Lorenzo's 147-page handwritten letter to the judge has been made public.
Mexican authorities find bullet-riddled car of missing Ohio man, bodies buried nearby: report
Jose Gutierrez, 36, has been missing since December after traveling to Mexico to visit his fiancée.
What happened to Sabrina Aisenberg? Baby’s disappearance still a mystery after 25 years
Sabrina Aisenberg vanished from her crib in Valrico, Florida, on November 24, 1997, when she was just five months old, launching Hillsborough County’s most widely-known and controversial missing person cases that placed her parents at the center of her disappearance.
Florida Missing Child Alert issued for SW Florida teen
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is searching for a 13-year-old girl who has been reported missing from the 4000th block of Ford Street in Fort Myers.
Rat poison sickens Taco Bell customer, but 'no evidence' that it was employees, authorities say
Investigators in Colorado say the man was hospitalized after eating rat poison but “can not account for how it got in the food.”
Officer seen on video punching woman after McDonald's dispute
An Ohio police officer has been put on administrative leave after video showed him punching a Black woman several times as she was taken into custody following a dispute at a McDonald’s over extra cheese on a Big Mac.
Officers accused of beating Lakeland man during arrest reassigned; more possible victims come forward
Three Lakeland police officers have been taken off the street a month after a man was Tased and beaten during a routine traffic stop. Now, others who had interactions with the same officers said they were also roughed-up during arrests.
Woman's body found in car after St. Pete man led Kentucky troopers on highway chase, investigators say
A St. Pete man has been charged with murder after authorities in Kentucky say troopers found a woman's body in the back of his car.
SFPD arrest art gallery owner, seen on video hosing down homeless woman, on battery charges
San Francisco police say they've arrested Shannon Collier Gwin, the man seen last week on video hosing down a homeless woman in front of his art gallery.
Family members of George Floyd speak to USF students on importance of social justice
George Floyd’s family never stopped fighting for what’s right in the nearly three years since his murder. His aunt and cousin let some University of South Florida students in on what they’ve been up to.
Caught on camera: Auburn police arrest man after attempted kidnapping of barista
Auburn Police on Monday said they arrested a man accused of trying to kidnap a barista at a drive-though window.
Family of nursing student shot and killed near Julian B. Lane Park honors her on 23rd birthday
Savannah Mathis, 21, was shot and killed near Julian B. Lane Park in Tampa on December 1, 2021, while driving with her sister. Her family gathered Wednesday night at her grave site on what would’ve been her 23rd birthday.
Sarah Lawrence College trafficker Larry Ray facing life sentence: 'Took sadistic pleasure in their pain'
Lawrence Ray moved into his daughter's dorm room at Sarah Lawrence in 2010 and coerced her roommates into a sex cult
Man awaiting trial for wife's death, who was acquitted of killing wife’s lover, passes away
Ralph Wald last appeared in court on October 24, and the manslaughter trial related to his wife's death was delayed due to his failing health.
Tyre Nichols: DOJ investigates Memphis man's arrest, death
Nichols died days after a confrontation with Memphis Department Police Officers during a traffic stop.
Jury selection begins for 3 men charged in rapper XXXTentacion's murder
Five years after rapper XXXTentacion was gunned down by masked gunmen outside of a South Florida motorcycle shop, the suspects in his murder are about to go on trial and face life in prison if convicted.
Texas stray dog 'miraculously' recovering after being shot eight times in nose, leg, neck
The shelter is offering a $5,000 reward for any information on this heartbreaking case of animal cruelty
Security guard sexually battered 15-year-old at Florida movie theater: Police
A security guard at an Ocala movie theater was arrested after he reportedly raped a 15-year-old girl who was waiting to be picked up by her mom, police said.
Brian Walshe, husband of missing Massachusetts woman, allegedly searched ways to dispose of body
“10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to,” was among a series of online searches Brian Walshe is accused of making on Jan. 1, days before his wife was reported missing.
Search underway for person who shot at three TPD officers in East Tampa, investigators say
Investigators are searching for a suspect who shot at three officers with the Tampa Police Department Tuesday evening in East Tampa, the agency said.