The family of a middle school student plans to sue the Hillsborough County school district, saying the boy suffered personal and psychological injuries from having a sexual relationship with his teacher, Stephanie Ragusa. ...more

November 17, 2009

The family of a middle school student plans to sue the Hillsborough County school board, saying the boy suffered personal and psychological injuries from having a sexual relationship with his teacher, Stephanie Ragusa. ...more

November 16, 2009

The public will begin picking up the defense tab for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman granted a request today by Ragusa's attorney, Robert Herce, to have his client declared indigent. Prosecutors did not object. ...more

September 30, 2009

It will be until September before a new trial date will be set for Stephanie Ragusa. The former Davidsen Middle School teacher had been set to be tried Aug. 10 on charges of molesting two teenagers from the school. But defense attorney Robert Herce and Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters said today that there is still too much pretrial work remaining to meet that date. ...more

July 8, 2009

TAMPA A bill proposed by Armwood High students passed 7-0 today through its first state House committee stop. ...more

March 27, 2009

An August trial date was scheduled today for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Wayne S. Timmerman set Aug. 10 for Ragusa at the request of prosecutors and Ragusa's attorney Robert Herce. ...more

March 19, 2009

Stephanie Ragusa believes she is being harassed by the staff at the Hillsborough County jail, where she is being held without bond on charges of molesting two teenagers at the school where she taught. ...more

March 4, 2009

Cruising along the streets of Westchase neighborhoods, it's easy to spot normal neighborhood activity. ...more

November 5, 2008

Cruising along the streets of Westchase neighborhoods, it's easy to spot normal neighborhood activity. ...more

November 5, 2008

Months before she was accused of having sex with two boys, teacher Stephanie Ragusa complained to school officials about a confrontation with her principal centering on Ragusa's relations with male students. ...more

August 8, 2008