Before the sport utility vehicle rolled over, killing a 21-year-old student dancer, Tracie Ann Elder had never heard of the University of South Florida SunDolls. ...more

February 2, 2008

TAMPA - Before the sport utility vehicle rolled over, killing a 21-year-old student dancer, Tracie Ann Elder had never heard of the University of South Florida SunDolls. Now, Elder will work with the young woman's mother, running three events to raise money for the group. ...more

February 1, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A transient was arrested Wednesday evening, 11 days after he fatally struck a motorcyclist with a car he had borrowed and did not stop, authorities said. ...more

January 31, 2008

An 8-year-old girl had a serious request - and potentially incriminating information about her mother - when she ran up to a Pasco County sheriff's deputy who was checking on a reported wreck. ...more

December 14, 2007

Two years ago, two Hillsborough County teachers made headlines for crimes against children. ...more

December 1, 2007

TAMPA - Two years ago, two Hillsborough County teachers made headlines for crimes against children. Their controversial sentences – house arrest rather than prison – drew the ire and protests of many in the community. Although prosecutors at the time said house arrest is not easy and violations are common, both Jennifer Porter and Debra Lafave have completed two years of house arrest with no violations – an unusual feat, local lawyers say. ...more

November 30, 2007

A wreck on Kitten Trail that left one man dead and another in a coma with a broken neck this month may have been more than an accident. ...more

October 20, 2007

HUDSON A wreck on Kitten Trail that left one man dead and another in a coma with a broken neck earlier this month may have been more than an accident. Brian D. Haag, 27, of 9951 Loy St. in New Port Richey, is charged with three counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death. But He may face more serious charges, however, if physical evidence backs up eyewitness accounts of the Oct. 3 incident, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

October 19, 2007

The fugitive accused of raping a little girl on videotape was portrayed Monday as a knife-wielding survivalist who once vowed never to be taken alive and formerly worked as an animal trainer with Las Vegas illusionists Siegfried & Roy. ...more

October 2, 2007

The search for the suspect in the videotaped sexual assault of a little girl was shifted Saturday from a rural county to Las Vegas, where the man was last known to live and where it is thought the chilling tape was made. ...more

September 30, 2007