Investigators are sorting through more than a thousand tips but are still trying to figure out what happened when 7-year-old Somer Thompson. And a fundraiser for Somer Thompson's family raised about $18,500 so her mother doesn't have to go back to work immediately. ...more

October 25, 2009

Somer Thompson last was seen alive walking along the sidewalk in front of a vacant house, and authorities said Friday they're searching for anyone who saw what happened to the 7-year-old. ...more

October 24, 2009

Chubby-cheeked Somer Thompson was last seen alive walking along the sidewalk in front of a vacant house, and authorities said Friday that they're searching for someone who saw what happened to the 7-year-old after that. ...more

October 23, 2009

A South Florida minister who pleaded no contest for impregnating his 15-year-old goddaughter has an unusual request. Thirty-five-year-old Cory Cortezis Lewis on Thursday asked a judge to serve 1 1/2 years in prison instead of the 2-year house arrest sentence he got last week. ...more

October 23, 2009

Investigators were interviewing 44 registered sex offenders in the disappearance of a 5-year-old Putnam County girl that they are treating as an abduction. ...more

February 13, 2009

The father of a missing 5-year-old Putnam County girl said he and his 17-year-old girlfriend have passed polygraph tests, according to CNN.com. ...more

February 12, 2009

About 1 p.m. Friday, Suzanne Campbell pulled up in her driveway. She put the milk in the garage refrigerator. Her great-granddaughter loves to get the mail. The mailbox was about 40 yards away. ...more

September 19, 2008

TAMPA Zackery Hicks, 42, needed a place to live after serving 14 years in prison on a robbery conviction. But, as a registered sex offender, Hicks wasn't allowed to live within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, public park, playground or bus stop. ...more

September 18, 2008

For eight years, Kevin Hamm's job title with the city has been "technical support specialist." With the start of the 2009 fiscal year, he will be the Manager of Information Systems. ...more

September 10, 2008

Two Tampa men, both registered sex offenders, were arrested Sunday after being accused of exposing themselves. ...more

September 2, 2008