TAMPA Former Department of Children and Families spokesman Al Zimmerman is set to go on trial Jan. 26 on child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew scheduled a trial this morning after Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen Murphy-Davis said she would like to tell the seven victims in the case a definitive trial date. ...more

November 12, 2008

Authorities have found more victims of a former state Department of Families & Children spokesman who was jailed on child porn charges, a federal prosecutor said this morning. ...more

October 15, 2008

TAMPA – A man who robbed and beat a jewelry courier, stealing jewels valued at nearly $350,000, was sentenced this morning to 17 years in federal prison. ...more

June 24, 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