It came down to a matter of trust. A federal magistrate Tuesday denied bail for former Department of Children & Families spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

February 13, 2008

Vonnie Largent recalls her alarm upon discovering that her 12-year-old son was sleeping with a metal rod in his bed, fearing his older adopted sister would sneak into his bedroom while the family slept and kill him. ...more

February 13, 2008

A former state Department of Children & Families spokesman now faces federal charges of producing child pornography that prosecutors say he was selling in Germany. ...more

February 12, 2008

TAMPA - A federal prosecutor said in court today that a former state Department of Children & Families spokesman charged with producing child pornography is a flight risk and a danger to the community. Prosecutor Colleen Murphy told Judge Mark Pizzo that Al Zimmerman, 41, should be held without bail because he has a "lack of ties, no job, no property, no assets, and no children." She said he's living with his parents. ...more

February 11, 2008

Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 5, 2008

The state Department of Children & Families is launching a probe into the backgrounds of all of its employees while police continue searching for possible victims of a former DCF spokesman arrested on child pornography charges. ...more

February 5, 2008

A Tallahassee lawyer and child advocate has sued a Hillsborough County foster care agency and the state, accusing them of treating foster children like "hostages." ...more

January 26, 2008

In October 2006, Nicholas Stewart found out his live-in girlfriend was cheating on him and flew into a rage. ...more

January 22, 2008

A toddler figures out how to open the back door unbeknownst to his father, slips outside, climbs over a gate and drowns in the family pool. ...more

January 18, 2008