Thank heaven there are such among us as Daniel Green, who, until just a few days ago, had mastered the art of being a good cop. That is, his achievements were unrelentingly laudatory without rising to the level of newsworthiness. Oh, others noticed. Judges, case workers, satisfied civilians. But a sheriff's detective who operates by a creed of professionalism and devotion earns headlines about as often as the airline pilot with an unblemished record of routine takeoffs and landings. ...more

October 21, 2009

86 Domestic violence homicides in Florida in 2009 79 Domestic violence homicides in Florida in 2008 ...more

September 27, 2009

ORLANDO (AP) — An investigation by Florida authorities unsealed Monday found there were no credible threats to a teenager who ran away from her Ohio home because she said she feared for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam. ...more

September 14, 2009

The head of Florida's Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Department is resigning. ...more

September 4, 2009

Two female students at Blake High School have told police that a fellow student sexually assaulted them at the school in May. An investigation is ongoing. ...more

July 8, 2009

A 37-year-old Riverview man had 500 images of child pornography on his computer, investigators say. Some of the images were of children no older than 3. ...more

May 14, 2009

A Pahokee man who used stolen front-end loaders to dislodge ATMs at 11 banks in nine counties, including Polk and Manatee, is in the Leon County Jail, authorities said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Nasedra Lumpkin, 33, after a 15-month investigation into the string of ATM thefts the agency said netted more than $1 million and caused $575,000 damage to the banks. ...more

May 7, 2009

Avon Park Police Officer Alberto Perez was arrested for the second time in less than a week, this time on a warrant charging perjury. ...more

May 6, 2009

Avon Park Police Officer Alberto Perez was out of jail Friday on a $6,000 bond following his second arrest Thursday for allegations of police misconduct. ...more

May 1, 2009

Authorities say a man killed himself at the central Florida gun range where a mother killed herself and her son three weeks ago. ...more

April 28, 2009