Former Middleton High School special education teacher Christina Lin Butler was placed on probation for five years for having a felonious three-week sexual relationship with a 16-year-old ninth-grader. ...more

December 10, 2008

A traffic stop Sunday resulted in a felony drug charge for a Brooksville woman. ...more

December 9, 2008

– The step-grandfather of a 7-year-old girl was arrested on sex charges after her grandmother told authorities she found the child's diary that spelled out sex acts she had with the man. ...more

December 4, 2008

Report: Stepfather Struck With Baseball Bat BROOKSVILLE - A Brooksville woman struck her stepfather several times with a baseball bat during an argument Saturday at 815 Hale Ave., a report shows. ...more

November 11, 2008

Two people were arrested today after deputies say they caught them in a public lewd act while parked at a North Tampa apartment complex. Arrested were Angelo Levin Brown, 34, of 1603 Marks St., and Christina Marie James, 35, of 909 E. Lotus St. ...more

November 7, 2008

A former teacher at a Hudson preschool today admitted to molesting two former students. ...more

November 6, 2008

A 27-year-old Tampa man twice paid $20 for sex with a 15-year-old girl, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Domingo Gomez Diaz at 3:31 p.m. Wednesday. ...more

November 6, 2008

A New Port Richey woman was arrested after she reportedly stole $29,912 from her employer. ...more

November 1, 2008

A construction worker has been extradited from New Jersey to face charges he had sex with a teenage girl who had gone to his apartment in Oldsmar so he could photograph her in a bikini for her MySpace page, according to court documents unsealed today. ...more

October 27, 2008

Middleton High School special education teacher Christina Lin Butler pleaded guilty Thursday to felony lewdness charges related to a three-week affair with a 16-year-old ninth-grader. ...more

October 24, 2008