A man accused of molesting a blind, deaf and mute woman and abducting her from a bus stop on Friday was arrested because the woman kept her cool, authorities said. ...more

February 14, 2009

Police this morning arrested a man in the molestation of a 40-year-old blind, deaf and mute woman who was waiting for a bus. ...more

February 13, 2009

Investigators say they are treating the disappearance of a 5-year-old Putnam County girl as an abduction because house-to-house searches of the neighborhood Wednesday offered no evidence she wandered off. Her father's dread and uncertainty is what Mark Lunsford felt four years ago when his daughter, 9-year-old Jessica Marie "Jessie" Lunsford, was abducted from her Citrus County mobile home. ...more

February 12, 2009

The following people were booked Monday, Feb. 2 through Tuesday, Feb. 3 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

February 5, 2009

An inmate who killed a Tampa teenager more than 25 years ago is facing execution Feb. 11. ...more

February 3, 2009

A 81-year-old man accused of exposing himself at a Manatee County elementary school was arrested this afternoon, authorities say. ...more

February 2, 2009

A 25-year-old Riverview man had sex with an underage girl Sunday, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 2, 2009

A Lutz man accused of performing a sexually suggestive dance with an 8-year-old girl was found guilty this afternoon of lewd and lascivious behavior. ...more

January 28, 2009

A convicted killer and sex offender from Manatee County was fatally shot in St. Petersburg last week. ...more

January 27, 2009

Testimony is expected to begin today in the trial of a Lutz man accused of performing a sexually suggestive dance with an 8-year-old girl. ...more

January 27, 2009