After being violently attacked two times, a fearful Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk asked their son-in-law, Alex Shevgert, if they could move into the home Shevgert shared with their daughter. The couple didn't realize that Shevgert had hired the attackers who had beaten the couple with a hammer, causing life-threatening injuries, court documents say. ...more

October 31, 2008

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October 19, 2008

Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early this morning at 1364 Friend Ave. ...more

October 18, 2008

Four women, strangers to each other but united by the violence in their lives, were treated to facials, massages, manicures and new hairstyles during a day at the spa Monday. ...more

October 14, 2008

A woman was sexually battered in her home, kidnapped and assaulted a second time before her attacker fled, according to the Haines City Police Department. ...more

October 4, 2008

The chairman of the of Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that he does not believe Bruce Ivins acted alone in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. ...more

September 18, 2008

NORTH PORT - Genetic material from Patrick Dewayne Murphy was found under the fingernails of 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood after she was found murdered in North Port two years ago, court records show, suggesting she fought her attacker. ...more

September 13, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - The Sheriff's Office arrested a man on charges he used a knife to try to rob an 83-year-old woman Wednesday afternoon, only to flee when she fought back and started screaming. "God bless him; I hope they treat him good," Agnes Lynn said of her attacker. ...more

September 12, 2008

A 17-year-old was arrested today, accused by detectives of fatally shooting a man on Monday, Sarasota police said. ...more

September 11, 2008

Detectives are looking for suspects in two separate armed robberies last week that appear to be related, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 8, 2008