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Caboodle Ranch Civil Trial Begins
Last Updated: 7:51 AM 05/23/12 - A civil hearing is underway in Madison County to decide who gets custody of the more than six hundred Caboodle Ranch cats.
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[UPDATE] Local City Manager Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges
Last Updated: 7:26 PM 05/22/12 - The Midway city manager has been found guilty of felony and misdemeanor charges.
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UPDATE State Seeking Death Penalty in Tallahassee Murder
Last Updated: 7:22 PM 05/22/12 - State seeking death penalty in Ashleigh Jacobs murder
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[UPDATE] Woman Claims Self Defense, Murder Charges Dropped
Last Updated: 7:24 PM 05/22/12 - Prosecutor drops charges against Angela Prim on what was slated to be opening day of murder trial
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Justice Served for Mia Brown; Johnny Calhoun Sentenced
Last Updated: 11:48 PM 05/18/12 - The man responsible for one of the most sadistic murders in recent history was back in court Friday where Circuit Court Judge, Chris Patterson to decided his fate.
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Golson, Hobson Enter No Contest Pleas to Misdemeanor Hazing
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 05/18/12 - Aaron Golson and Sean Hobson have entered a no contest plea to misdemeanor hazing.
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Former FAMU Student Charged with Hazing Enters First Plea
Last Updated: 9:15 AM 05/17/12 - One of the former FAMU students charged with hazing enters plea.
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Prosecutors File Evidence, Witness List in Martin Killing
Last Updated: 11:37 PM 05/16/12 - Prosecutors in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman filed their list of witnesses and evidence in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the Seminole County clerk's office.
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Day Care Worker Sentenced to 13 Years in Infant Death Case
Last Updated: 1:09 PM 05/16/12 - A daycare worker accused in the death of a 5-month-old baby has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
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[UPDATE] Dougherty Siblings Accused in Crime Spree in Georgia Court
Last Updated: 6:31 PM 05/15/12 - It was a crime spree likened to that of Bonnie and Clyde, as a trio of siblings swept from the south to the midwest - making headlines along the way.
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16-Year-Old in Suwannee Co. Homicide Case to be Tried as Adult
Last Updated: 1:03 PM 05/11/12 - The Suwannee County Grand returned a three count indictment charging Anthony Michael Ortiz with First Degree Murder while armed, Home Invasion Robbery While Armed, and Tampering with Evidence for the April 28th murder of Charles David Napier in Suwannee County.
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[UPDATE] Firefighter Acquitted of Child Molestation
Last Updated: 7:32 AM 05/11/12 - Judge acquits Brandon Colaire after victim recants story on the stand
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Football Standout Accused of Molesting Boys at FAMU DRS in Court
Last Updated: 3:20 PM 05/09/12 - A former football standout at FAMU High accused of molesting boys in the school bathroom faced a judge on May 8th.
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Man Accused of Stealing from Little League Enters Plea
Last Updated: 9:37 AM 05/09/12 - Robert Feiss has entered no contest pleas to grand theft, money laundering, exploitation of the elderly and fraud. He faces up to 190 years in prison.
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Elijah James to Stand Trial in Fall 2012
Last Updated: 2:48 PM 05/08/12 - Man accused of killing Danielle Brown will stand trial for it this fall. This is the only murder in Leon County ever to be tried without a body.
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Eight Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking on Alabama Street
Last Updated: 6:46 PM 05/04/12 - Eight men have been sentenced to federal prison following their arrests last December as a result of Operation See Change, a six-month undercover investigation targeting street-level drug distribution along Tallahassee’s Alabama Street corridor.
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Man Convicted of Groping Woman at Publix
Last Updated: 3:23 PM 05/03/12 - Hanna convicted of battery after just 15 minutes of deliberation
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92-Year Old Woman Beaten to Death: Family Speaks Out
Last Updated: 11:01 PM 05/03/12 - Family and friends of an elderly woman who died after a brutal attack got to share their feelings in court.
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Man Sentenced for Post-Game Shooting at FAMU
Last Updated: 11:29 PM 04/25/12 - Stray bullets hit running back and his cousin as they left stadium in 2009
[UPDATE] 2nd Defendant Pleads Guilty in Fatal Teen Beating
Last Updated: 11:21 PM 04/24/12 - A Douglas County judge has accepted a guilty plea in the November 2010 stomping death of teen Bobby Tillman.
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Man Sentenced After 3-year-old Shot at Checkers
Last Updated: 9:34 AM 04/25/12 - Rontrail Spencer will do some jail time, probation for accidental shooting
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[UPDATE] Former FSU Defensive Back Enters Plea
Last Updated: 3:00 PM 04/24/12 - Former FSU cornerback Avis Commack will spend 30 days in jail
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Jury Hands in Verdict in 'Spilled Drink' Murder Case
Last Updated: 11:25 PM 04/25/12 - A jury has a verdict in the murder trial of Timothy Hanner. He is accused of the shooting Wilson Sagesse back in October 2010.
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Zimmerman Released from Jail on Bond
Last Updated: 6:29 PM 04/23/12 - In an unusually low-key turn to a high-profile case, George Zimmerman was released without incident around midnight Sunday from a Florida county jail on $150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
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Judge Sets Bail at $150K for George Zimmerman
Last Updated: 1:08 PM 04/20/12 - Judge sets bail at $150K for George Zimmerman, who is charged in Trayvon Martin's death.
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[UPDATE] Man Shot by Deputy Headed to Prison
Last Updated: 10:23 PM 04/18/12 - A grand jury finds deputy justified in shooting Fernando Lazaro
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Judge Quits Travon Martin Case, Cites Conflict
Last Updated: 7:30 AM 04/19/12 - The judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case has removed herself after George Zimmerman's attorney said she had a possible conflict of interest.
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[UPDATE] Judge Rules Teens Guilty of Arson of Golden Eagle Home
Last Updated: 1:46 PM 04/14/12 - Two teens accused of launching fireworks into a home are on trial. Jonathan and Christopher Howard are charged with arson. They are accused of starting a fire that gutted a room in a Golden Eagle home.
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[UPDATE] Former South Georgia Officer Enters Plea for Statutory Rape
Last Updated: 7:25 PM 04/12/12 - A former Meigs, Georgia police officer has been indicted on statutory rape charges in Thomas County.
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[UPDATE] Former FSU Football Player Accused of Assaulting Pregnant Woman
Last Updated: 8:25 PM 04/09/12 - Former FSU standout Tamarick Vanover enters plea to misdemeanor battery charge
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Convicted Murderer Speaks to FL Court for First Time
Last Updated: 10:12 AM 04/05/12 - Convicted murderer Johnny Sketo Calhoun spoke out for the first time, but he did not confess to killing Mia Brown.
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[UPDATE] FSU Football Player Enters Plea, Can Return to Team
Last Updated: 9:31 AM 04/05/12 - FSU football player James Wilder has entered a plea that will allow him to return to the practice field and avoid a felony record.
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Man Sentenced for Leading $1.7M Credit Card Fraud Ring
Last Updated: 7:16 PM 04/04/12 - A Valdosta man will spend more than decades in prison for leading a credit card fraud ring. Eyewitness News Reporter Eames Yates looks at the scam that raked in close to $2 million dollars.
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Suspect in FSU Stabbing Held Without Bond
Last Updated: 12:00 AM 04/04/12 - An FSU student accused of stabbing another student will be held without bond pending a psychological analysis. .
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Judge Grants Woman Immunity Under 'Stand Your Ground'
Last Updated: 7:08 PM 03/31/12 - Charges dismissed for Tallahassee woman accused of murder
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Tallahassee Flea Market Vendor Sentenced for Tax Evasion
Last Updated: 3:33 PM 03/28/12 - Lennie Fulwood, Jr., 43, of Tallahassee, was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison on four counts of tax evasion, announced Pamela C. Marsh, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Man Accused of Killing Wife
Last Updated: 8:31 AM 03/29/12 - A U.S. district judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Tallahassee man accused - and later cleared - of killing his wife.
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Gary Hilton Pleads Guilty to Killing NC Hikers in 2007
Last Updated: 7:52 AM 03/28/12 - Man on death row in Florida for murder of Cheryl Dunlap just sentenced to life in prison for North Carolina murders
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[UPDATE] Tashawnbie Gay Sentenced in Circle-K Shooting
Last Updated: 9:18 AM 03/27/12 - Judge Mark Walker sentenced Gay to 20 years for attempted murder.
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UPDATE: Man Accused in Killearn Rapes Competent to Stand Trial
Last Updated: 11:18 AM 03/26/12 - A man accused of raping two women in Killearn will stand trial in July
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Man Accused of Beating Woman in Front of Her Grandson
Last Updated: 2:44 PM 03/22/12 - Bond is set for the man arrested for breaking into a grandmother's home, beating her and stealing her SUV.
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[UPDATE] Mississippi Man Sentenced for 1988 Perry Murder
Last Updated: 10:48 PM 03/20/12 - Kenneth Knight was sentenced to 23 years for the 1988 murder of Sandra Espinoza.
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Insurance Executives Cleared of Fraud
Last Updated: 7:18 PM 03/09/12 - Judge grants acquittal before case goes to the jury
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[UPDATE] Barber Faces Federal Indictment for Tax Fraud
Last Updated: 7:37 PM 03/09/12 - Former county budget director Kenneth Barber and two tax preparers are named in a 59 count federal indictment
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[UPDATE] Homminga Sentenced for DUI Manslaughter
Last Updated: 10:30 AM 03/10/12 - 5 year old's family outraged by 8 year prison sentence
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[UPDATE] TPD Seeking Female Suspect in Tharpe Bank Robbery
Last Updated: 10:15 AM 03/06/12 - Around 9:45 this morning, TPD says a white woman in her mid to late 20's robbed the Wells Fargo on Tharpe Street and High Road.
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Verdict Reached for Two Men Accused in Break-in Turned Hostage Situation
Last Updated: 11:29 PM 03/02/12 - A jury deliberated for nearly four hours before reaching a verdict in the trial of two men accused in a break in turned hostage standoff.
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[UPDATE] City of Tallahassee Employee Sentenced
Last Updated: 8:43 AM 03/02/12 - Doris Bonga sentenced to jail, ordered to pay back more than $9900
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FL Jury Recommends Death for Johnny Calhoun
Last Updated: 9:20 AM 03/01/12 - The fate of a man found guilty of murder now rests in the hands of a judge.
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[UPDATE] Quadruple Murder Suspect in Court
Last Updated: 11:29 PM 02/27/12 - Henry Segura's attorney claims correctional officers call him "a baby killer" while he's in the pod.
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UPDATE State Seeking Death Penalty in Tallahassee Murder
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[UPDATE] Homminga Sentenced for DUI Manslaughter
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92-Year Old Woman Beaten to Death: Family Speaks Out
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Suspect in FSU Stabbing Held Without Bond
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[UPDATE] Judge Rules Teens Guilty of Arson of Golden Eagle Home
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[UPDATE] Former South Georgia Officer Enters Plea for Statutory Rape
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