Investigators say they are treating the disappearance of a 5-year-old Putnam County girl as an abduction because house-to-house searches of the neighborhood Wednesday offered no evidence she wandered off. Her father's dread and uncertainty is what Mark Lunsford felt four years ago when his daughter, 9-year-old Jessica Marie "Jessie" Lunsford, was abducted from her Citrus County mobile home. ...more

February 12, 2009

The following people were booked Monday, Feb. 2 through Tuesday, Feb. 3 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

February 5, 2009

An inmate who killed a Tampa teenager more than 25 years ago is facing execution Feb. 11. ...more

February 3, 2009

A 81-year-old man accused of exposing himself at a Manatee County elementary school was arrested this afternoon, authorities say. ...more

February 2, 2009

A 25-year-old Riverview man had sex with an underage girl Sunday, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 2, 2009

A Lutz man accused of performing a sexually suggestive dance with an 8-year-old girl was found guilty this afternoon of lewd and lascivious behavior. ...more

January 28, 2009

A convicted killer and sex offender from Manatee County was fatally shot in St. Petersburg last week. ...more

January 27, 2009

Testimony is expected to begin today in the trial of a Lutz man accused of performing a sexually suggestive dance with an 8-year-old girl. ...more

January 27, 2009

The Super Bowl brings thousands of visitors and plenty of money to the city. With that comes a notorious element: prostitution. Tampa police say they are working to combat the problem. Monday morning, police conducted an operation to crack down on prostitution. By day's end, police had arrested 13 people on prostitution or lewd and lascivious charges. ...more

January 26, 2009

A keystone of Richard McDivitt's trial in December was the emotional testimony of the teenage girl he allegedly molested. ...more

January 24, 2009