The Federal government turned it into a military base in 1941. In 1946 it became the site of Tampa's municipal airport and in 1950, Tampa International Airport. Then in 1952, a brand new terminal was built on the south side of the east-west runway. Read about the history of Drew Field...
Routh, 58, appeared in federal court Monday morning on two charges, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. If convicted of both charges, he would face a maximum of 20 years in prison. ...
Raymond Hawthorne, Jr. was a known drug dealer in Abbeville. Now, he's aknown drug dealer who is in federal prison. A man whose drug convictions go all the way back to 2002 for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base was sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison after getting caught in a fe...
The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky during a holiday show over the weekend in downtown Orlando, Florida. President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Rubio for SecState has left key vacancy in Florida’s political sc...
Indicted on 42 counts, and facing prison sentences of up to 400 years, he plea bargained his sentence down to a maximum of 54 years on April 11, 2007 and was sentenced to 26 years on November 17, 2006. He is currently housed at Federal Correctional Complex, Coleman, a low-security ...
I began by enrolling to get my high school diploma and did so the first year I was inside. There was actually a high school in the prison, and as a youthful offender camp there were a ton of educational programs to prepare the youth to return to society. Most inmates had 2 years or...
And now he's talking. He filed a lawsuit last month in federal court against the man he says enslaved him. And he's talking to theTampa Bay Timesin hopes that publicity will cleanse Florida of indentured servitude. The man he accuses says it's all a lie. Confront...
TO COURT —“Rape is rampant at this women’s prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says,” by Miami Herald’s Romy Ellenbogen:“For years, male officers at the women’s work camp at Coleman Federal Correctiona...
Catherine Davidson was the daughter of Robert Davidson, who was married to Anna Elizabeth Young at the time. They told authorities she got lost at the park, but with Young's murder charge in Florida, federal authorities are giving Catherine's missing person case another look. Contributed photo...
Eventually, the men settled on a plot to blow themselves up at rush hour, according to testimony in federal court. Attorney General Eric Holder has called that New York plot one of the most dangerous since 9/11. Adis Medunjanin, originally from Bosnia, was sentenced to life in prison in ...