A Palm Harbor woman was arrested Monday afternoon on charges she left her four daughters alone for two days while she went to break up with a boyfriend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 9, 2008

When a Pasco Sheriff's Office deputy found Kristin Marie Smith shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, she appeared to be dozing behind the wheel of her minivan while her 6-year-old daughter jumped up and down on the vehicle's front passenger seat. ...more

December 6, 2008

A Bradenton man was arrested for not getting medical attention for a 3-year-old boy who he says ran his eye into a lit cigarette Monday night. ...more

December 3, 2008

A Seffner man is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol with his 3-year-old daughter unrestrained on the passenger floorboard of his truck, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 3, 2008

Deputies say when they found Marco Antonio Gonzalez-Ramirez early this morning, he was passed out at the wheel of the vehicle he was driving. ...more

November 28, 2008

TAMPA The search of a Riverview home Wednesday night led to the seizure of about 400 grams of methamphetamines, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Jose Suazo-Aviles and Maria Arguelles at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday at 12007 Glenshire Drive. ...more

November 20, 2008

Typically on a sunny Sunday afternoon, I have to toil to make ends meet in this "worst of times." ...more

November 18, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY – Authorities recently found two young girls in an apartment filled with drugs and loaded guns and two unconscious adults. ...more

November 6, 2008

A 30-year-old man was arrested on a child neglect charge Tuesday night after he left two children alone in a home, giving them a hunting knife, hatchet and baseball bat to defend themselves, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

November 5, 2008

A man and woman were arrested over the weekend on charges they were asleep or nearly passed out in a public park while the two small children in their care were left unattended. ...more

November 3, 2008