SARASOTA COUNTY - Prosecutors have dropped the most serious charges against parents accused of hosting a house party for underage teenagers that ended with the death of an 18-year-old. ...more

October 31, 2008

The parents of a Sarasota High School student were arrested Thursday on charges they provided alcohol to teenagers at a house party that ended with the death of an 18-year-old. ...more

August 15, 2008

The parents whose home was the location of a birthday party July 29 that ended with the death of 18-year-old Gregory Kennedy have been arrested by the Sarasota County Sherriff's Office. ...more

August 14, 2008

A 21-year-old man was arrested Saturday night, accused by deputies of giving alcohol to two juveniles at a party, a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit states. ...more

August 10, 2008

AUBURNDALE - A Polk County man authorities say hosted a beer party Friday for his son's 21st birthday was arrested on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors. ...more

December 1, 2007

Kyle Hall grew up with a twin brother, but to friends the 19-year-old former high school football player was unique. ...more

November 6, 2007

ROTONDA WEST - Barbara Jo Robinson says that if she could do it again, she would return the $93 to the 20 or so Lemon Bay High School students who gathered in her home after Saturday's homecoming dance. ...more

October 17, 2007

Kevin Curtin says he didn't know the pretty classmate who showed up at his birthday party Aug. 30 with a can of Red Bull in her hand. The Florida Gulf Coast University student spoke out through his attorney Tuesday for the first time since his "open house party" charge became public, saying it's not his fault that Plant High School graduate Mary Grace Taaffe got drunk that night in his Estero apartment. ...more

October 3, 2007

Eight days into her college career, Plant High School graduate Mary Grace Taaffe died from injuries in a wreck that occurred while she drove under the influence. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - Eight days into her college career, Plant High graduate Mary Grace Taaffe died from injuries suffered in a crash in which she drove under the influence. On Sunday, investigators charged Florida Gulf Coast University students Nicholas Charles Herrig, 19, and Kevin Michael Curtin, 19, with misdemeanor charges of hosting an open house party. Taaffe left the party minutes before her crash. Different charges are pending against partygoers Tyler Fry, Brian Cochran and Brett Griffin, a release states. The three "gave false statements to law enforcement" about what they knew about the party and crash, an investigative report released today states. ...more

October 1, 2007