The jury has reached a verdict in the Cassandra Smith trial after deliberating into the early afternoon on Friday. Smith was found guilty of DUI manslaughter, injury to a person, vehicular homicide ...

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Cassandra Smith, the woman accused in the drunken driving-related death of a 23-year-old Charlotte County deputy, made her first appearance in court Thanksgiving morning. Smith, ...

The Naples and Cape Coral parents of a Charlotte County deputy killed in a crash and a driver convicted of drunken driving manslaughter in his death have reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit. Court ...

A Massachusetts woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a Florida sheriff's deputy who was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday night, days after celebrating his 23rd birthday.

The trial for a Massachusetts woman accused of fatally striking a Charlotte County deputy with ties to Southwest Florida could start as soon as next month. Court records indicate the jury trial for ...

A woman who troopers say hit and killed Christopher Taylor, a Charlotte County Deputy, on I-75 near the Punta Gorda/Arcadia exit is competent enough to stand trial. Taylor’s dad told WINK News Friday ...

The attorney representing a woman accused of fatally striking a Charlotte County deputy has requested a competency exam for the defendant, twice denied bond. About a month after Charlotte Circuit ...

Juwanna Cassandra Smith, 44, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Juwanna had made Hampton her home for more than 14 years. Juwanna leaves ...