A teenager, accused of rape, and his mother, accused of violating probation, appeared in court Tuesday morning before the same judge. ...more

May 21, 2008

TAMPA - In a brief hearing today, a juvenile court judge told a 16-year-old rape suspect that he will have to come back to court Friday because prosecutors have not yet filed adult charges against him. Friday marks the deadline when the State Attorney's Office must officially charge Kendrick Morris with the April 24 rape of an 18-year-old at Bloomingdale Regional Public Library. ...more

May 12, 2008

To get inside Bloomingdale Regional Public Library after 3 p.m. on any weekday, a patron has to navigate a throng of teenagers from adjacent Bloomingdale High School. ...more

May 5, 2008

Cell Phone A Savior Regarding "Deputies Have Suspect In Library Attack" (front page, April 26): ...more

May 3, 2008

TAMPA - Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Steve White, who was previously in a relationship with rape suspect Kendrick Morris' mother, denied today in a letter from his attorney that he ever was married to the woman. ...more

May 2, 2008

BRANDON - Hugo Schmidt Elementary recently released the school's list of Distinguished Sailors for November/December. ...more

December 17, 2007

TAMPA - Police charged a woman with felony child neglect Wednesday night after they found her 2-year-old son unattended and running along a sidewalk next to a four-lane portion of North Boulevard, they say. Latasha Regina Kendrick, 26, of Tampa, appeared to have just woken up when she answered the door after an officer knocked, an arrest affidavit states. ...more

October 18, 2007

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail on a no-bond hold, after reportedly molesting a 4-year-old child who he baby sat for the last year. Kendrick Matthew Clarke, 20, of 1030 E.O. Douglas Ave., was charged with sexual assault by a person older than 18 years old on a person less than 12 years of age (a capital felony) and child abuse, cruelty toward a child without great harm (a third-degree felony). On Sept. 12, the child's mother called the sheriff's office explaining that Clarke, an acquaintance, periodically took care of her child. ...more

October 2, 2007