Investigators have arrested a Clearwater middle school teacher on charges that he had child pornography on his home computer. Aaron J. Stewart, who teaches at Clearwater Intermediate Middle School, was arrested by law enforcement agents with the CyberCrime Task Force today. ...more

July 31, 2008

The state's chief mortgage regulator will keep his job for now while state investigators probe allegations that his office licensed thousands of convicted criminals to work as mortgage brokers. ...more

July 30, 2008

Those pesky iguanas are becoming so abundant that Palm Beach County commissioners unanimously voted to ask wildlife officials to crack down on owners who release them into the wild. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA The owner of a restaurant on South Westshore Boulevard was arrested Tuesday, accused by the Florida Department of Revenue of collecting more than $83,000 in sales tax from customers but failing to send it in to the state, investigators said. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA - One of the two dead dogs found in Shirley McKenzie's yard was in such a state investigators couldn't tell whether it was male or female, Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. ...more

February 5, 2008

Two people reported to the state Health Department that they were permanently scarred after being treated at a Westchase-area clinic run by a Hillsborough County Commission candidate and his wife. ...more

January 24, 2008

TAMPA Two people reported to the state health department that they were permanently scarred after being treated at a Westchase area clinic run by a Hillsborough County Commission candidate and his wife. ...more

January 24, 2008

State investigators have found that two deputies were acting within the law when one of them wounded a man now facing charges of aggravated assault. ...more

January 19, 2008

BUSINESS BRIEFS TAMPA BAY AREA Oxygen Companies Probed An investigation into 10 oxygen providers in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties has raised enough concerns to support further examination by state investigators, Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration said Friday. The preliminary investigation by AHCA and the office of Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum centered on oxygen concentrators, equipment for patients with respiratory illnesses such as emphysema. The 12-member team of investigators found instances of billing for equipment that was never delivered to patients, the AHCA said. ...more

December 15, 2007

They call it "passing the trash" - the practice that allows teachers accused of sexual misconduct to quietly leave and find a new job in another town with a fresh crop of unsuspecting victims. ...more

November 19, 2007