The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is expected to make a major announcement this afternoon, regarding a string of violent home invasions targeting women. ...more

October 5, 2009

The man accused of being the "Kendall Rapist" in the early 1900s is now charged with five sexual assaults in the Miami suburb. ...more

May 1, 2009

There's an animal sex bill moving through the state Senate right now that's caused some snickering, a little uneasiness and a case of confusion that's made one senator the subject of jokes ...more

March 18, 2009

A teenager accused of brutally raping two Zephyrhills women in 2007 rejected a plea deal today that would have sent him to prison for 30 years. ...more

March 4, 2009

A Brooksville man faces 35 rape charges after multiple sexual encounters that left a teenage girl pregnant. ...more

February 18, 2009

Police briefs. ...more

January 30, 2009

I have a project for Joseph Biden and Hillary Clinton to work on together: ending impunity for rape. ...more

January 11, 2009

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

Nylon rope, black electrical tape and a condom were among items seized during a search of an SUV linked to the rape and kidnapping of two Apollo Beach restaurant workers, according to documents released today by prosecutors in Hillsborough County. The evidence will likely be used in the case against Rigoberto Moron Martinez, Vicente Reyes-Carbajal and 13-year-old Jose Walle. The trio are charged with the Apollo Beach rapes on Aug. 15 as well as a similar attack at a St. Petersburg restaurant in July. The evidence was listed among 300 pages of discovery typically shared among lawyers prior to trial. The documents also reveal that one of the Apollo Beach rape victims had duct tape in her hair when deputies found her along I-75 in Manatee County just hours after the rape. The women were held for several hours against their will and repeatedly sexually assaulted, then dumped along the highway, where they used a roadside phone to call for help. ...more

November 13, 2008