Deputies in Citrus County found a 2-year-old girl this morning hours after authorities in South Carolina issued an Amber Alert for the child. ...more

August 24, 2008

A Tampa man abused the 1-year-old girl he was babysitting, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

August 18, 2008

TAMPA - A man accused of sexual battery and fathering a 13-year-old family member's child turned himself Wednesday night at Orient Road Jail, authorities said. ...more

August 13, 2008

Manatee County detectives are investigating an inmate's apparent suicide Monday night at the Manatee County Jail. ...more

August 5, 2008

A 66-year-old man was charged Friday with soliciting sex with children via the Internet - with a law enforcement official posing as a parent. ...more

August 2, 2008

Backyard swimming pools are a treat for most families, but they also can be a source of danger for infants and toddlers. ...more

July 27, 2008

A former St. Petersburg man has been extradited from Michigan to face charges he raped a girl last year, impregnating her in the process, according to court documents unsealed this morning. Ken M. Gordon, 30, was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning on one count of sexual battery. Bail was set at $250,000. ...more

July 21, 2008

They can. They can't. The Rays can make the playoffs if they play like they did their first two games off the All-Star break, rousing wins against Blue Jays pitchers A.J. Burnett and Roy Halladay. ...more

July 21, 2008

Almost a dozen pageant winners, dazzling in their stylish dresses and impeccable makeup, plunked themselves down across from sick young girls at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently. The pageant queens painstakingly painted nails and applied blush to the girls' faces. ...more

July 2, 2008

Bill Jakob arrived in this small town with an offer to help police curb the community's methamphetamine problem. ...more

June 29, 2008