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Tampa attorney Lisa Westberry was found dead in her Ruskin home on the evening of June 4, and investigators have still not figured out what killed her. Lisa's husband says he and their two children are devastated over her sudden death and are desperate for answers. → Read More
Years after Ismael Ali was arrested for killing his father, doctors say he is mentally competent to stand trial. → Read More
One of four men arrested on federal robbery charges wants to clear his name. → Read More
Two Bay Area men were arrested for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots last week. → Read More
A Florida man accused of shooting and killing a woman while filming a rap music video has been found guilty. → Read More
The man accused of impersonating an Uber driver and trying to rape a woman has been found not guilty after a trial in Tampa. A jury acquitted him on all charges. → Read More
It's been nearly two years since a brother and sister were charged with murder, accused of fatally shooting a drug dealer in Hillsborough County. While the sister is serving her sentence, her brother, Henry, will stand trial with jury selection beginning Tuesday. → Read More
Lorenzo, who is representing himself, is accused of murdering two men Jason Galehouse and Michael Waccholtz, who prosecutors said were gay. They said Lorenzo and co-defendant Scott Schweickert lured the victims to Lorenzo's home, drugged, tortured, and later murdered the two men. → Read More
Julie Schenecker, a Tampa mother convicted of murdering her two teenage children, wants a do-over. → Read More
Julie Schenecker was handed two life sentences for shooting and killing both of her children. Beau, who was 13 at the time, was shot in the family SUV while riding home with his mother. Calyx, who was 16, was then shot in her bedroom while she worked on homework. → Read More
The man convicted of killing a HART bus driver three years ago was sentenced to life in prison in court Wednesday. → Read More
The person of interest in two deadly, and apparently random, shootings in St. Petersburg this week now also faces charges related to similar incident in neighboring Hillsborough County. Before the arrest was announced Thursday, police seemed concerned they could be facing a serial killing situation. → Read More
There will still be four separate trials for the man accused in a string of shooting deaths that terrified residents in the Tampa neighborhood of Seminole Heights back in the fall of 2017, but an appellate judge has reversed a previous ruling that testimony and evidence from each trial also be kept separate. → Read More
Opening arguments began Tuesday in the case of a driver accused of speeding away from police, slamming into a vehicle, and killing the man driving. He wasn't arrested until a year after the deadly hit-and-run. → Read More
A woman accused of neglecting her disabled husband and watching him die will spend the next five years behind bars. → Read More
Lin Halfon spent 13 months in jail for stealing a million dollars from her husband, Tampa businessman Richard Rappaport. Last January she took a plea deal and was deported back to Israel. Now, prosecutors say she was under the spell of a self-proclaimed psychic who now faces a long list of charges. → Read More
Germina Peck wiped away tears as she remembered being startled awake Halloween morning in 2019. → Read More
Sources tell Fox 13 Reeves is eager to take the stand in his own defense. → Read More
Curtis Reeves' two grown children took the stand in their father’s murder trial Friday. → Read More
A typical ride on a HART bus in May 2019 turned into chaos, panic and murder. Prosecutors say Justin McGriff stabbed the bus driver to death. The accused killer's attorney says his client did it, but didn't know what he was doing was wrong, at the time of the crime. → Read More