A Sebring woman is in jail after she reportedly tried to swing and kick at a deputy and spat on the officer while he responded to a trespass complaint Wednesday night on Lawrence Avenue in Sebring, according to a sheriff's office report. ...more

August 14, 2008

An Avon Park woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bond on Thursday, after she was arrested at the Belk Department Store, in the Lakeshore Mall. ...more

August 14, 2008

When detectives first began to question 22-year-old Casey Anthony about the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, Anthony told authorities she left her with a babysitter. Orange County detectives say they've located and spoken with Zenaida Gonzalez and they don't think Gonzalez is involved in Caylee's disappearance. ...more

August 7, 2008

ORLANDO - Investigators have removed four bags of evidence from the home where a missing Orlando toddler lived. ...more

August 6, 2008

ORLANDO - State prosecutors have filed formal charges against the 22-year-old mother of a missing central Florida girl, but not in the disappearance. ...more

August 5, 2008

A Lake Placid man was free on $3,000 bail Friday after deputies say he was arrested when they found him asleep with his wife and two young children in the same room and a silver tray with some marijuana within the children's reach. ...more

August 4, 2008

A 66-year-old registered sexual offender was behind bars Friday after police said he attempted to persuade a woman to let him have sex with her children. ...more

August 2, 2008

A 66-year-old registered sexual offender was behind bars Friday after attempting to persuade a woman to let him have sex with her children. Unfortunately for Richard John Hannon, of 5110 Sandpiper Road, New Port Richey, the woman he was communicating with online was an undercover investigator with the state Attorney General's CyberCrime Unit, the agency said in a statement. Hannon was being held in the Land O' Lakes Jail on Friday evening with bail set at $5,000. He was charged with soliciting a parent for unlawful sex acts with a child, a third-degree felony. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted. ...more

August 1, 2008

It seems obvious: Children shouldn't be left alone in cars. Yet, parents and caregivers often find themselves doing just that as they run errands or try to avoid waking a child. Often, they forget the child is in the car. No one ever expects their child will die from it. Many are unaware they can go to jail for it. ...more

July 28, 2008

What Hillsborough County Jail Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones did last January was an outrage. While searching a partially paralyzed man during booking, she dumped Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair, as casually as if he was a bag of dirty laundry. The Sheriff's Office quickly and rightly charged her with abusing the disabled, a third-degree felony that could bring up to a five-year sentence. ...more

July 8, 2008