Police have arrested a 26-year-old Tampa man, accusing him of having sex with a 14-year-old girl, an affidavit states. Shawn Javon Williams, of 9245 Overlook Drive, is charged with felony lewd and lascivious battery on a child younger than 16, records show. ...more

August 15, 2008

Clearwater police say they have arrested a 19-year-old man for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl, and a 21-year-old woman who allowed the relationship to happen. ...more

August 11, 2008

TAMPA — A lizard tattoo on the small of a teacher's back; a ladybug on the lower left side of her belly; a flower on her right. Several photographs of Stephanie Ragusa were released today by the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office. Prosecutors are not commenting on the pictures but sheriff's office reports have said the photographs were used to corroborate statements given by a teenager who claimed to have had sex repeatedly with Ragusa. She was his teacher at Davidsen Middle School. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - Two Tampa men were part of an organization that worked to bring marijuana and thousands of grams of cocaine to Tampa for distribution, police say. ...more

June 25, 2008

Growing tired of watching one teacher-student sex scandal after another hit the headlines, the mother of one minor involved in a case spoke publicly for the first time Monday. ...more

June 17, 2008

Pasco sheriff's detectives made two arrests Thursday in connection with last month's home invasion robbery during which two deaf seniors were bound and gagged. ...more

June 13, 2008

Months ago, a Polk County principal warned a teacher now accused of having sex with at least four underage boys to stop the "hugs, tickles and flirtatious non-school related conversations" with male students, records obtained Friday show. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA - A Polk County principal months ago warned a teacher now accused of having sex with at least four underage boys to stop the "hugs, tickles and flirtatious non-school related conversations" with male students, records show. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - A West Palm Beach attorney says she is representing three boys who accused a Polk County schoolteacher of having sex with them. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - A 45-year-old Tampa man has been charged with having a five-year sexual relationship with a girl, starting when she was 13 years old, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 5, 2008