It looks like the prosecution will not be seeking the death penalty against former Avon Park police officer James Parker. ...more

December 11, 2009

An arraignment date has been set for an Avon Park police officer who authorities think injured a 20-month-old girl while the infant was in his care. ...more

April 7, 2009

A 20-month-old girl, who authorities believe was injured while in the care of an Avon Park police officer, remains hospitalized in very critical condition Wednesday, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

April 1, 2009

Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend. ...more

March 30, 2009

A Bradenton father used a doll to show investigators how he hit, threw and pulled the arms of his 3-month-old infant out of frustration earlier this week. ...more

January 29, 2009

This is the moment that has consumed two brothers in the months that followed a horrific automobile accident on a rainy May day in Mississippi. ...more

October 25, 2008

A 17-year-old girl is recovering from a skull fracture today after she escaped from the trunk of a moving vehicle on Friday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 14, 2008

A Tampa father is suspected of shaking his 3-week-old daughter vigorously, causing brain damage, according to an arrest report. ...more

May 10, 2008

A Tampa father is suspected of shaking his 3-week-old daughter vigorously, causing her brain damage, according to an arrest report. ...more

May 9, 2008

As slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest in her ancestral village Friday, the government of President Pervez Musharraf laid the blame for her assassination on a Taliban commander and said other politicians also were under threat. ...more

December 29, 2007