After meeting a 14-year-old Polk County girl on MySpace.com, a Fort Lauderdale man recently took her to motels four times and committed lewd acts during several of those encounters, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 15, 2008

MySpace.com, a popular social networking Web site, has agreed to make design and policy changes to protect children from harmful images and unwanted contact from adults. ...more

January 14, 2008

TAMPA - Police have put registered sexual offenders on notice: They are not to entice children on Halloween with decorations at their homes. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee will answer questions about the department during a town hall meeting tonight at Sickles High School. Deputies will be on hand at 6 p.m. outside Sickles High, 7950 Gunn Highway, to answer questions about a display of the agency's emergency vehicles. ...more

October 2, 2007

The social networking Web site Facebook has been warned that it could face a consumer fraud charge for failing to live up to claims that youngsters there are safer from sexual predators than at most sites and that it promptly responds to concerns, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. ...more

October 1, 2007

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will host a town hall meeting Tuesday at Sickles High School, 7950 Gunn Highway. ...more

September 29, 2007

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will host a town hall meeting Tuesday at Sickles High School, 7950 Gunn Highway. ...more

September 29, 2007

TAMPA - A free safety course will soon be required for any child younger than 17 who wants online access in Hillsborough County libraries. ...more

September 23, 2007