One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. ...more

January 28, 2009

One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. Mercades Nichols, 18, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery, which carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail. ...more

January 27, 2009

Brittany Mayes, one of five Polk County teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, pleaded guilty today to one charge of misdemeanor battery. A judge will make a decision on Mayes' sentence on March 5. The maximum penalty for the charge is one year in jail. ...more

January 20, 2009

An Ybor City landlord is accused of groping one of his tenants and propositioning her for sex, an affidavit states. ...more

January 17, 2009

A local man remained in jail Friday on a $20,000 bond after his Thursday arrest on kidnapping, battery and burglary charges. ...more

January 17, 2009

The trial of a Tampa lawyer accused of hitting and shoving a News Channel 8 videographer was delayed today until March. ...more

January 14, 2009

Two people came to blows Sunday in the Taco Bell drive-thru after the instigator yelled at the car ahead to "hurry up." ...more

January 13, 2009

Three men were arrested Saturday in separate cases involving battery. Laureano Diaz, 74, of Sebring, was charged with battery of a person 65 years of age or older; Jason Lee Guzik, 34, of Sebring, was charged with obstructing justice, a felony, and misdemeanor battery; and Mike Lopez, 38, of Lorida, was charged with felony battery. ...more

January 13, 2009

Two people came to blows Sunday in the Taco Bell drive-thru. ...more

January 12, 2009

The new year began in Hernando County with a street fight that resulted in a broken nose for the suspect and the victim's mother nursing a bump to the head. ...more

January 3, 2009