An Elmo doll, a Spider-Man blanket and a bouquet of fake flowers tied to a tree with fishing line are memorials to the brief life of 2-year-old Eduardo Betanzo-Reyes. ...more

October 14, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Five hours after a 16-year-old girl was raped in Pride Park by an unknown teenager Wednesday morning, a detective asked a boy riding his bike nearby if he had been in the park earlier. ...more

August 1, 2008

A 16-year-old boy was arrested this afternoon in Oneco on a charge that he raped a teenage girl Wednesday at Pride Park, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 31, 2008

SOUTH MANATEE COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies have blanketed an area of Pride Park off 63rd Avenue East looking for a teenager they say pulled a teenage girl into a park bathroom and raped her. ...more

July 30, 2008