A 66-year-old registered sexual offender was behind bars Friday after police said he attempted to persuade a woman to let him have sex with her children. ...more

August 2, 2008

A 66-year-old registered sexual offender was behind bars Friday after attempting to persuade a woman to let him have sex with her children. Unfortunately for Richard John Hannon, of 5110 Sandpiper Road, New Port Richey, the woman he was communicating with online was an undercover investigator with the state Attorney General's CyberCrime Unit, the agency said in a statement. Hannon was being held in the Land O' Lakes Jail on Friday evening with bail set at $5,000. He was charged with soliciting a parent for unlawful sex acts with a child, a third-degree felony. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted. ...more

August 1, 2008

Investigators have arrested a Clearwater middle school teacher on charges that he had child pornography on his home computer. Aaron J. Stewart, who teaches at Clearwater Intermediate Middle School, was arrested by law enforcement agents with the CyberCrime Task Force today. ...more

July 31, 2008

Deputies hunted for a man Thursday afternoon accused of smashing the front windows of a house and attacking the people inside. ...more

June 27, 2008

Deputies hunted for a man Thursday afternoon accused of smashing the front windows of a house and attacking the people inside. ...more

June 27, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A North Port woman accused of prostitution advertised her services on the popular Web site craigslist.org, sheriff's detectives say. ...more

June 17, 2008

Prosecutors played the sex tape at the center of R. Kelly's child pornography trial in open court Tuesday, just hours after opening statements in which they accused the R&B singer of choreographing and starring in the footage with an underage girl. ...more

May 21, 2008

Two area lawmakers say they recognize material that exploits children when they see it. ...more

February 22, 2008

The American Civil Liberties Union has sunk civil liberties advocacy to a new low in its argument before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on behalf of Republican Sen. Larry Craig. ...more

February 6, 2008

LARGO - A man and two women were arrested Tuesday evening on charges they illegally passed themselves off as licensed massage therapists and then performed the massages in the nude or offered their clients sex. ...more

January 23, 2008