The Florida Supreme Court on July 16 rejected Jermaine Foster’s bid for a new trial, leaving two death sentences in place. The ruling defers to the trial judge’s credibility findings.

A 49-year-old man was arrested after a brutal attack at Bartlett Park left a man critically injured and disfigured.

State investigators say Torey Jermaine Keith submitted 15 altered health‑insurance claims that paid out about $159,557.50; he now faces felony counts including organized fraud and forgery.

Stuart Beck, 25, is on trial in Clearwater for the 2022 shooting death of Michael Conrad; prosecutors say jealousy drove the attack.

An appeals court quashed a Miami‑Dade order and restored prosecutors' ability to seek the death penalty against Julio Montez Morris after a clerical waiver was treated as binding.

Nineteen defendants pleaded guilty in a sprawling Central Florida check‑fraud scheme tied to the "Trap Boys" gang, prosecutors say.

Hillsborough detectives named Omar Gonzalez, 22, in a Warrant Wednesday post, saying he is wanted on multiple battery and criminal mischief counts.

A Port Charlotte woman pleaded not guilty after a hit‑and‑run that killed a 17‑year‑old e‑bike rider; investigators say she briefly stopped before driving away.

Auburndale deputies arrested a 53‑year‑old after he allegedly pointed a gun at them while they knocked to serve a warrant, the sheriff says. The suspect faces multiple felony counts.

Polk County deputies say a 20-year-old Lakeland man pointed a gun at a family on U.S. 92; he surrendered and was booked on aggravated assault counts.

A Tampa man admitted he doused another man with gasoline and set him on fire at a north Tampa gas station; he was sentenced to 40 years and a decade of probation.

Surveillance video shows two men smashing windows and ripping landscaping lights at the Residences at 400 Central, causing about $96,000 in damage.

A wiretap probe in Pinellas County led to arrests and a roughly 132‑pound cocaine seizure; Sheriff Bob Gualtieri called it the county’s largest bust in decades.