Child pornography may be in the eyes the beholder. Two pediatricians had trouble during a hearing Monday in federal court determining whether the pictures deleted from a defendant's computer depicted children. The doctors were testifying in a sentencing hearing for Ronald Mays. ...more

January 8, 2008

Two pediatricians had trouble during a hearing today in federal court determining whether the pictures deleted from a defendant's computer depicted children. The doctors were testifying in a sentencing hearing for Ronald Mays. ...more

January 7, 2008

SEBRING--The details of an internal investigation by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office regarding a detention center deputy leaving two male inmates unattended in a female housing area were released Monday. ...more

January 7, 2008

Bestiality isn't a crime right now in Florida. So a St. Petersburg lawmaker has filed a bill for this year's legislative session that would make it a first-degree felony for people to have sex with animals. ...more

January 2, 2008

After a three-hour, emotional hearing filled with apologies, tears and requests for mercy, a former Wharton High School teacher and basketball coach was sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years probation after pleading guilty to a sexual relationship with one of her students. ...more

December 6, 2007

The family of an 8-year-old girl who was molested on an airplane didn't want her to face the trauma of a second trial, a federal prosecutor told a judge Monday. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - The family of an 8-year-old girl who was molested on an airplane didn't want her to face the trauma of a second trial, a federal prosecutor told a judge this morning. The family's desire not to put the child through having to testify was the reason the government decided to dismiss a charge against Ronald Evan Mays, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Kaiser. ...more

October 29, 2007

Federal prosecutors have decided not to retry a Palm Harbor man after a judge overturned his conviction on sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on an airplane. ...more

October 16, 2007

TAMPA - Federal prosecutors have decided not to retry a Palm Harbor man after a judge overturned his conviction on sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on an airplane. ...more

October 15, 2007