Jennifer Johnson wanted her daughter, Je'Neiyce, to have a fun celebration in a city park for her second birthday. ...more

April 2, 2009

Jennifer Johnson had about a minute to talk before a 911 operator in Plant City lost a connection with her. "Ma'am, I'm in a trunk right now," the 31-year-old Tampa mother yelled on a copy of the call released today. "They got me in the trunk. … I don't know where I'm at." No officers were dispatched to find her, according to a report contained in the 700 pages of discovery material released with the call today. ...more

April 1, 2009

Jennifer Johnson wanted her daughter, Je'Neiyce, to have a fun celebration in a city park for her 2nd birthday. ...more

April 1, 2009

Investigators have determined that a house that exploded in Dunedin on Feb. 11 did so because of propane gas, but they are still at a loss as to how the gas was ignited, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Monday. ...more

February 24, 2009

WTVT morning anchor Russell Rhodes had a blood alcohol content more than twice the level at which the state presumes intoxication when he was arrested on Jan. 16, according to new court documents. ...more

February 23, 2009

Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday. ...more

November 26, 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

Former Hillsborough County middle school teacher Stephanie Ragusa sent a text message to the boy to say she was freaking out because the Hillsborough County School District's office of professional standards kept calling her. ...more

August 8, 2008

Text messages between former Hillsborough County teacher Stephanie Ragusa and one of the students she is accused of having sex with were released today by the State Attorney's Office. She told the boy she loved him, and they discussed dating and her giving him money, according to the messages, which were released in hundreds of pages of discovery documents. Also released was Ragusa's last will and testament, in which she addressed a student. ...more

August 7, 2008

TAMPA - The public defender for a man charged in the slaying of his girlfriend and her two children in their home has asked a judge to severely restrict the public release of information about the case. ...more

June 16, 2008