Dominique Lewis had already been found when she was reported missing Dec. 12. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA Jacey Laundree, the sister of one of the two Apollo Beach restaurant workers who said they were kidnapped and raped in August by three unknown attackers, spoke out Monday night about the impact the incident has had on her family. Rigoberto Moron Martinez, Vicente Reyes-Carbajal and 13-year-old Jose Walle were charged in the rapes as well as in a similar attack at a St. Petersburg restaurant in July. Martinez also faces another rape charge in Hillsborough County. ...more

November 18, 2008

One of the two Apollo Beach restaurant workers who were kidnapped and raped in August said she was able to save herself from further assault by convincing her attacker she had a fatal sexually transmitted disease. ...more

November 13, 2008

TAMPA - Two men who spent 421/2 years in prison between them for crimes they didn't commit said faith in religion and family got them through the harrowing reality of life behind bars. ...more

October 9, 2008

A 37-year-old man was arrested by city police Monday, accused of kidnapping and raping a woman July 4. ...more

September 10, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A 37-year-old man was arrested by city police Monday, accused of kidnapping and raping a woman July 4. ...more

September 9, 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

A man who was tried on a rape charge this week was sentenced to prison Friday. ...more

July 26, 2008

man who was tried on a rape charge this week was sentenced to prison today. Just not for rape. A jury deliberated two hours before finding Steven Vanwart not guilty of sexual battery, false imprisonment and aggravated assault. The 42-month prison sentence came as a result of Vanwart's no contest plea to an identity theft charge. Vanwart, 42, entered the plea Friday while the jury was deliberating the rape charges. Keeping the identity theft charge separate meant jurors considering the rape charges didn't hear some evidence. Among the evidence kept from the panel were booklets investigators found when they searched Vanwart's travel trailer. Among the titles were "Vanishing Point, How to Disappear in America Without a Trace" and "How to Get Lost — and Stay that Way," records show. ...more

July 25, 2008

When facing federal charges of tax evasion, actor Wesley Snipes said he couldn't get a fair trial in Ocala. But now it looks like the court can't do enough to accommodate the prison-bound star. ...more

July 17, 2008