Crime

Yusiel Lopez Insua pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter. Officials say he was piloting a tugboat pushing a construction barge that ran over a sailboat. Three girls were trapped in the wreckage and drowned.

Dennis Sochor, convicted of murdering Patricia Gifford in 1982, apologized several times to her family and thanked his own loved ones for their support before the deadly drugs began flowing.

Attorney General James Uthmeier listed 7-OH as a controlled substance about a year ago. At a news conference in Tampa, he said the ban made an impact, but manufacturers worked to circumvent it.

The woman was sleeping in a St. Petersburg alleyway when she was killed after being run over twice last weekend. Advocates say anti-homeless laws and ordinances need to be reexamined.

The judge ruled that Franco was criminally responsible for the sexual and psychological abuse of a minor but was a victim of extortion by the minor's mother, who was sentenced to 10 years for trafficking her daughter.

The families of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy request that the legal process involving suspect Hisham Abugharbieh be as quick as possible, according to a joint statement.

Bundy, one of the nation's most notorius murderers, was executed by electric chair in Florida for the 1978 slayings of two FSU sorority sisters. He has been linked to dozens more across the country.

Michael Lee King shot his neighbor in the face and burned her alive in 2008, court records say. The case led to the passing of the Denise Amber Lee Act, which provides better training for 911 operators.

The bills do not protect victims' names from being released in court.

In a letter to the Trump administration, the Congress members write they want a fresh look at the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft flying in international air space.

Julie Brown tells WLRN that millions of newly released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case is a litmus test of the American justice system's ability to protect its most vulnerable.

The suspect had a romantic relationship with one of the Fort Lauderdale victims, who was connected to the victims in the second shooting in Sarasota.