A Polk County Jail inmate found dead in his cell this morning is thought to have committed suicide, said Donna Wood, a sheriff's spokeswoman. ...more

January 15, 2008

A 38-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night after he failed to register as a sex offender, Florida Department of Law Enforcement said. ...more

January 9, 2008

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Country singer Mindy McCready is free after serving jail time for a probation violation. ...more

December 31, 2007

The chitchat between convicted sex offender Debra Lafave and a 17-year-old co-worker at Danny Boy's restaurant that landed the ex-teacher back in jail on a probation violation was essentially harmless, say the teen's lawyers. ...more

December 15, 2007

Such is the curse of being a former movie critic, but when Debra Lafave, Tampa's answer to Mrs. Robinson, got busted this week on a probation violation, I couldn't help but recall an old Dustin Hoffman flick, "Straight Time." ...more

December 7, 2007

A Tampa man heard chuckling behind him as he was walking home early Thursday near Memorial Hospital in South Tampa. ...more

December 7, 2007

Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in a courtroom Thursday morning, trying in vain to cover the worried look on her face with her long brown hair. ...more

December 7, 2007

Four Tampa men and a teenage boy chuckled behind a man as he walked home near Memorial Hospital this morning. When the man, St. Petersburg Times photographer Zach Boyden-Holmes, turned and saw them, he started to run to his apartment. The five people chased him, caught him and beat him up at 3206 W. DeLeon St. in South Tampa, police said. ...more

December 6, 2007

TAMPA - Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in the courtroom this morning, her long brown hair covering the worried look on her face. Her attorney, John Fitzgibbons, told Circuit Judge Daniel Perry that he wasn't ready to directly address the charges against Sierra but would enter a plea of not guilty on her behalf to charges of disorderly intoxication and misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence. ...more

December 6, 2007

Debra Lafave, the former Greco Middle School teacher currently serving house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old student, was arrested about 12:30 p.m. today for a probation violation, according to jail records. ...more

December 4, 2007