Dade City Minister Sentenced for Embezzling Union Funds

Gregory Sims of Dade City was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison this month for embezzling money from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 915. The federal court in Tampa also ordered Sims to re-pay $813,142.71 in restitution... [Read More]

Sentencing in Hillsborough DUI Manslaughter

A Hillsborough Circuit judge sentenced Eric Dwayne Wilkerson of Brandon to four years in prison last week for hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving while intoxicated in January 2009. Wilkerson pleaded guilty last November to driving under the influence... [Read More]

20-Year-Old Charged with Pasco DUI Manslaughter

Joshua Aaron Fieger, 20, of Hudson charged last week with DUI manslaughter, DUI and DUI with damage to property or person in Pasco County. The charges relate back to a December 2009 accident that killed 19-year-old Justin Dawson. Fieger was... [Read More]

Former OSI Restaurant Partners Employee Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement

Owen R. Galvin, a former OSI Restaurant Partners employee, was sentenced in a Tampa federal court room earlier this month to thirty months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The court also ordered Galvin to forfeit $1,834,367.31... [Read More]

Ditullio Trial Witness Pleads to Reduced Charge, Sentenced to Time Served

Kraig Constantino was originally charged with attempted murder for allegedly beating and stabbing a man he thought was hitting on his girlfriend, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of felony battery pursuant to a plea agreement this week. He was... [Read More]

British Man Extradited from Spain to Tampa to Face Fraud Charges

Richard Sinclair Pope, citizen of the United Kingdom, was extradited to Tampa from Spain earlier this month to face federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. In March 2009, Pope was indicted, along with six other defendants... [Read More]

Pasco Death Penalty Trial Ends with Mistrial

The Pasco County capital murder trial of Derral Hodgkins ended in mistrial today, just before the case was to be submitted to the jury. The jury was chosen last week. Opening statements and testimony began on Friday. The jury was... [Read More]

Pasco Death Penalty Trial Begins

The first-degree murder trial of Derral Wayne Hodgkins begins this week in Pasco County. Hodgkins, a 51-year-old truck driver, is accused of killing a Land O’ Lakes woman in 2006. If he is found guilty of first-degree murder, Hodgkins faces... [Read More]

Bucs’ Mike Williams Not Charged with DUI

Back on November 19, 2010, Buccaneers’ rookie receiver Mike Williams was stopped and arrested in east Hillsborough County for DUI. His breathalyzer results, however, showed his blood alcohol level below Florida’s legal threshold. At the time, authorities said they would... [Read More]