Vidal Mills once said in a police report that he had no problem being arrested for defending his son. He finds himself in that situation again. ...more

October 24, 2008

An Okeechobee man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bond Tuesday after he was arrested by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer and charged with domestic violence battery by strangulation. ...more

October 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A man accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Tampa last month picked up a related sexual battery charge in Pasco County this week. ...more

October 17, 2008

It shocks me to read about another incident at the sheriff's office so soon after the accident incident a few months back. It appears to me that it is another cover-up in the sheriff's department; the "blue wall is up." ...more

October 10, 2008

Darryl Grant remembers Makaila Thompson as the adorable girl next door. "She was a fun little girl," he said. "She'd come outside, say 'hi.' She was real full of life." ...more

October 8, 2008

A neighbor and a relative express disbelief that the boyfriend of 2 1/2-year-old Makaila Thompson's mother was arrested in connecting with the girl's death in September. ...more

October 7, 2008

A corrections deputy did not use excessive force to subdue an inmate who had her spleen removed after a scuffle in the Sarasota County jail last year, a federal jury ruled this week. ...more

September 27, 2008

Polk County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who they say broke in to a Lakeland house and attacked the homeowner. ...more

September 8, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A grand jury returned a first-degree murder indictment Tuesday against the man accused of raping and killing 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood. ...more

September 4, 2008

A Plant City man disciplined two children Sunday, striking a girl on the hand with a plastic pole and striking a boy once on the leg, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

August 18, 2008