A 35-year-old Tampa man was charged Monday with trying to submit a false urine test to his probation officer. ...more

November 3, 2009

A second suspect has been arrested in a home invasion-robbery in which a sheriff's deputy was shot in the neck. ...more

October 28, 2009

Law enforcement pays closer attention to sex offenders on Halloween. They're doing so not only to protect children from predators, but possibly predators from the public. ...more

October 28, 2009

The man prosecutors have called a suspect in the disappearance and slaying of Jennifer Denise Johnson was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for violating his probation on an unrelated drug charge. ...more

November 24, 2008

A routine urine test turned sour for a Tampa man caught at his probation office with a device used to beat the test, authorities say. ...more

October 14, 2008

Dade City police have arrested a man who they say broke into a woman's home in April, held a gun to her head and forced her to perform a sex act. ...more

October 9, 2008

Zackery Hicks has a new home. At least for now. Hicks got out of prison last month after serving a 14-year term for robbery and for a while couldn't afford a permanent residence. He had limited options on where to stay because he is a convicted sex offender, so he spent time camping in a field under a Selmon Crosstown Expressway bridge. ...more

September 20, 2008

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

Schoolteacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave no longer will have to provide Florida Department of Corrections officials her daily schedule, and they no longer will keep minute-by-minute track of her whereabouts. ...more

July 11, 2008

Actor Wesley Snipes must surrender to prison authorities June 3 if he isn't granted bail to appeal three federal tax convictions, defense lawyers said in a court filing Tuesday. ...more

May 22, 2008