Zackery Hicks just got out of prison last month after serving a 14-year term for robbery, and his new prison is marked by the roar of overhead traffic and the danger of getting snakebit or beat up. The situation is the way it is because Hicks is a registered sex offender, and this situation is not all that uncommon in Florida, where the oppressive stigma of being a sex offender is nearly insurmountable. Some cities across the nation have passed laws that are so restrictive, sex offenders cannot reside there. ...more

September 19, 2008

Two arrests were made Thursday at the newly-opened Explorer K-8 school on Northcliffe Boulevard. ...more

September 19, 2008

Melissa Dojka said she thought she would tell those close to her about how she was raped, not thousands of people. ...more

September 12, 2008

Rape victims say they make their stories public to help themselves and others. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 28, 2008

TAMPA - A 22-year-old man arrested in April on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation and lewd and lascivious battery was arrested again Monday, accused by detectives of using the Internet to solicit minors for sex. ...more

August 19, 2008

BRADENTON — A Bradenton man was arrested today after family members found tapes that showed two young girls in the shower and a man touching one of the girl's genitals. ...more

August 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A Hillsborough County minister surrendered at Land O' Lakes Jail on Tuesday evening to face a charge of lewd or lascivious battery - eight months after facing similar charges in Tampa. ...more

July 31, 2008

A Hillsborough County minister turned himself at Land O' Lakes Jail on Tuesday evening to face a charge of lewd or lascivious battery. ...more

July 30, 2008