A man already in prison for burglary and stealing a car was charged on Tuesday in the rape and slaying of a 6-year-old southwest Florida girl nearly two years ago, police said. ...more

August 13, 2008

Jerramy Stevens just wants to move on. The Tampa Bay tight end knows many people will not allow that to happen. He understands his past follows him closer than any linebacker. He accepts that some people always will dislike him. ...more

August 5, 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

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Teddy Dupay, who played on Florida's runner-up team in the 2000 NCAA basketball tournament, was charged with beating and raping a woman last month at a Utah ski resort. ...more

July 10, 2008

Polk County authorities say the same man is responsible for at least two rapes in a Winter Haven community. ...more

July 9, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond on Friday, charged with molesting a child under the age of 12. ...more

June 28, 2008

SEBRING — In May 2007, after explicit trial testimony, an all-white, all-female jury of six found Julius Jamall "Gussy" Nixon, 21, of Sebring, guilty in the 2005 kidnapping and sexual assault of a teenaged couple. ...more

June 14, 2008

PINELLAS PARK - A man living out of his conversion van has been charged in two rape cases, one in March at a mobile home park, the other one in May at an apartment complex, police said. ...more

June 3, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond on Tuesday, charged with forcing a woman to have sex and not allowing her to leave. David Wayne Cresong, 44, of 308 E. Washingtonia Ave., was arrested Saturday and charged with kidnapping or false imprisonment and sexual assault on a victim 12 years old or older with special conditions. The victim, age 44, called Lake Placid police to report that Cresong forced her to have sexual intercourse against her will at about 2:50 a.m. Saturday. ...more

May 20, 2008

The celebration of Mother's Day allows a chance to reflect on the challenges facing many women today juggling work, raising children and maintaining a household. Many families will celebrate the day with flowers, dinners and other tokens of appreciation. It should be a day filled with love and admiration for mothers everywhere, who all too often must overcome men's folly. ...more

May 11, 2008