Gulfport Man Found Guilty in Murder Retrial

A Pinellas County jury found Riley Bryan guilty of first-degree murder on Friday in the 2009 shooting death of his roommate, Donald Price. The judge then sentenced him to the mandatory sentence, life in prison without the possibility of parole... [Read More]

Life Sentence in Plant City Murder

A Hillsborough County circuit judge sentenced Leonel Marquetti to life in prison without parole for killing his ex-girlfriend’s handyman this week. Prosecutors alleged that Marquetti shot and killed Michael Hurlbutt on March 25, 2010 in Plant City because he wrongly... [Read More]

Hillsborough Woman Faces Federal Charges in Husband's Murder-for-Hire

Cristie Sehorne of Lithia called 911 on the morning of June 7, 2007, telling dispatchers that she found her estranged husband’s body near her back door. This week, almost four years later, she was arrested and charged with Thomas Sehorne’s... [Read More]

Valrico Man Charged in Alleged Marijuana Grow House

Hillsborough County sheriff’s detectives arrested Felipe Tamayo Hernandez of Valrico last weekend after allegedly discovering a marijuana grow house in his residence. Investigators executed a search warrant on the home on Clareside Drive. They claim to have found “a sophisticated... [Read More]

Inverness Man Charged in Tampa Federal Court With Health Care Fraud and Identity Theft

Patrick Crisler of Inverness was indicted on 12 federal charges earlier this month -  six counts of health care fraud and six counts of aggravated identity theft. According to the indictment, issued out of the federal court in Tampa, Crisler... [Read More]

Pasco Couple Accused of Tax Fraud

Federal prosecutors in Tampa have accused Howayda Hamdan of Wesley Chapel of filing false tax returns and stealing more than $1 million from the government. Hamdan’s boyfriend, Abou El Faouatih, is also charged. Hamdan worked at a Land O’ Lakes... [Read More]

Pinellas County Residents Quizzed in Casey Anthony Jury Selection

The Casey Anthony capital murder trial will be heard in Orlando, where the murder of two-year-old Caylee occurred in 2008. The jury, however, will be chosen from a pool of Pinellas County residents. Due to the pervasive media coverage of... [Read More]

10 Year Sentence in Clearwater Murder-for-Hire Case

Two months ago, Ed Graziano pleaded no contest to a charge of solicitation to commit murder in Pinellas County. Prosecutors accused Graziano of planning to have a hit man kill his estranged wife Debra. They claimed the couple had a... [Read More]