An intoxicated man who was stopped from boarding a Southwest Airlines flight from Tampa was arrested after he refused to leave the airport and instead called 911, Tampa International Airport police say. ...more

February 24, 2009

A man arrested after trying to board a Southwest Airlines flight with a box cutter concealed inside a hardcover book was sentenced in federal court today to a year's probation. ...more

July 24, 2008

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