Police arrested rape suspect and convicted felon Joseph Lee Frye this morning after a massive manhunt. Based on a tip from an area resident, Frye, a convicted rapist who was out of prison for about a month, was taken into custody shortly before 11 a.m. at the Mayflower Motel, 7510 N. Florida Ave., near Seminole Heights. ...more

September 3, 2009

The man accused of raping an elderly woman and triggering a massive manhunt is no stranger to Florida prisons – or to being released long before his sentences were slated to end. ...more

September 2, 2009

While a rape suspect was plotting his escape from Falkenburg Road Jail, a detention deputy assigned to supervise him was playing card games with other inmates, an Internal Affairs report states. ...more

February 20, 2009

While a rape suspect was plotting his escape from Falkenburg Road Jail, a detention deputy assigned to supervise him was playing card games, an Internal Affairs report states. ...more

February 19, 2009

At least two e-mails are spreading false information on the Internet about a serial rapist who supposedly carjacked and raped three women last week in northeast St. Petersburg, police say. ...more

October 16, 2008

A man arrested in several rape cases pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of burglary with assault and sexual battery, stemming from an attack in 2003 and another in 2004. ...more

October 31, 2007

Local sex-crimes investigators said they have issued a nationwide alert through an FBI system to learn whether a serial rape suspect has victimized women beyond the Bay area. ...more

October 3, 2007

TAMPA - Local sex-crimes investigators said have issued a nationwide alert through an FBI system to learn whether a serial rape suspect has victimized women beyond the Bay area, police said Tuesday. ...more

October 2, 2007