A pretrial hearing is scheduled today for a man who faces up to five years in prison after he was tracked down by deputies for failing to pay for than $375,000 in child support. ...more

February 25, 2009

A 9-year-old charged with killing his father and another man has been offered a plea deal that would spare him any jail time, his attorney said Thursday. ...more

February 12, 2009

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February 12, 2009

A prosecutor said Wednesday that the state will seek the maximum penalty - five years in prison - for David William Earley, who is a quarter-million dollars behind in child support and spent the past 18 months as a fugitive. ...more

February 5, 2009

A prosecutor said this morning she is seeking the maximum penalty — five years in prison — for David William Earley, who is a quarter million dollars behind in child support and spent the past 18 months as a fugitive. ...more

February 4, 2009

Evelyn Johnson Taylor of New Tampa never expected to be a published author. Growing up as a pastor's daughter in North Carolina, putting pen to paper never crossed her mind. Years later, after raising two daughters, working as a nurse and earning a degree in women's studies, she felt led to try something new. ...more

February 4, 2009

A mother was arrested Wednesday on charges she has repeatedly beaten her four children with belt buckles, hangars and metal spoons. ...more

January 29, 2009

A $165,151 debt to his former wife and four children has landed David William Earley in the Pasco County Jail, but it doesn't put him at the top of Florida's growing deadbeat parents list. ...more

January 21, 2009

"OK" was all David William Earley said when he faced a judge in Pasco County dressed in jail stripes today, charged with violating his probation and failure to pay $165,000 in child support. ...more

January 20, 2009

A tip led Pasco County sheriff's deputies to a man they had been chasing for two weeks for failing to pay nearly $165,000 in child support. ...more

January 20, 2009