Juveniles arrested, drugs found in abandoned house ...more

October 7, 2009

The public will begin picking up the defense tab for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman granted a request today by Ragusa's attorney, Robert Herce, to have his client declared indigent. Prosecutors did not object. ...more

September 30, 2009

Three teenagers were shocked last week when they received $47 tickets for riding on the wrong side of the road. ...more

September 5, 2009

Three teenagers had received numerous warnings. ...more

September 4, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee was sentenced today to two years of probation for lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

June 2, 2009

A former spokesman for the state Department of Children & Families was sentenced this morning to 24 years and four months in prison for making child pornography. Al Zimmerman, 41, pleaded guilty in January to a child pornography charge. ...more

May 8, 2009

A teen girl was robbed and attacked Monday afternoon, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 24, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee pleaded guilty today to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

March 5, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

February 11, 2009

Once the public face of the state agency assigned to protect children, Al Zimmerman admitted in federal court Wednesday that he victimized teens by using them in child pornography. ...more

January 22, 2009