An Avon Park man remained in the Highlands County Jail Thursday under an $180,000 bond after being arrested on a warrant accusing him of exchanging sexual explicit correspondences and adult pornography with a 16-year-old girl. ...more

November 21, 2009

Software installation dragged at a snail's pace for Duane Geary. His classmates fairly zipped through their Windows XP instructions. ...more

August 3, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee was sentenced today to two years of probation for lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

June 2, 2009

A Hillsborough County firefighter/paramedic had marijuana in his home and child pornography on his home computer, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

May 5, 2009

A 61-year-old Sarasota man is accused of having 70 images of child pornography on a home computer, officials said. ...more

March 25, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

February 11, 2009

An attorney for a woman accused of killing her daughter has filed a motion seeking more information about his client's ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend posted a picture on MySpace that showed a man and woman with the title "win her over with chloroform." ...more

January 25, 2009

A Brandon man has been arrested after state investigators found a "massive collection" of child pornography on his home computer, including images of infants, officials said today. ...more

December 12, 2008

A jury convicted pop singer Boy George Friday of falsely imprisoning a male escort. ...more

December 5, 2008

Dear Abby: My husband and I just found out that his daughter and her boyfriend duped everyone - including us - with a formal, traditional wedding ceremony, but the "marriage" is not legal. They had no intention of being legally wed but felt that because they are having a baby, they were entitled to a wedding. ...more

November 30, 2008