The saying goes among law enforcement officers that New Year's Eve is "amateur night" for the drunks on the road. ...more

December 29, 2007

A Lakeland elementary school principal arrested on child pornography charges Friday was released from jail Saturday after posting $50,000 bail. ...more

December 22, 2007

BARTOW - A Lakeland elementary school principal arrested on child pornography charges Friday was released from jail today after a court hearing. "It's all a mistake," John "Jack" Stelmack said to reporters outside the jail. ...more

December 22, 2007

A Polk County elementary school principal was arrested Friday after investigators found him in possession of pictures that electronically superimposed faces of young girls onto images of bodies of childlike naked women, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

December 21, 2007

The mother of a teenage girl who committed suicide after being taunted online urged a state task force on Internet harassment Monday to recommend criminalizing such behavior. ...more

December 19, 2007

The Hialeah Police Department is investigating an incident in which an off-duty Hialeah police officer allegedly displayed a handgun to Armwood fans after the Hawks' state semifinal game in Miami on Dec. 7. ...more

December 17, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Over the past several years, street fights between young women in the Highway Park district became so common that the neighborhood's residents knew something had to be done. "Fistfights were a major problem," said coordinator Felecia Samuels about the southern Lake Placid district. "Things were becoming more violent. There wasn't a day that went by where you didn't hear about women fighting in the street." To deal with the female-on-female violence, the Highway Park Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement District Council decided to come up with a "Young Sisters in Unity" group, which it passed along to residents. ...more

December 16, 2007

New Jersey will become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty under a measure lawmakers approved Thursday and the governor intends to sign within days. ...more

December 14, 2007