The vice president and general manager of WTVT, Channel 13, has taken a leave of absence after police said they found him masturbating at an adult business. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - The vice president and general manager of WTVT, Channel 13, has taken a leave of absence after police said they found him masturbating at an adult business. Robert Linger, 49, of Lutz is free on $750 bail. Tampa police charged him Friday with lewd and lascivious behavior and exposure of sexual organs, both misdemeanors, records show. ...more

May 19, 2008

Robert Linger was arrested as part of an undercover operation at an adult movie theater. ...more

May 17, 2008

TAMPA - Police are looking for a man they say offered candy bars to children at a city park, then offered to masturbate in front of them. ...more

May 12, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa man forced a 7-year-old girl to watch a pornographic DVD and struck the girl's mother when confronted about it, police say. ...more

February 12, 2008

Gary Hicks' first offense, attempted sexual battery of a 5-year-old boy. ...more

January 27, 2008

Gary Hicks Chronology ...more

January 25, 2008

SEBRING — Dale Roger Leland was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to six and a half years in prison as friends and family members gave testimony, vouching for the man they said was an "outstanding" man and former church deacon. ...more

November 1, 2007

TAMPA — A 43-year-old Bradenton man was arrested this afternoon and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, Tampa Police said. ...more

September 3, 2007