A 23-year-old man performed a sexual act on a friend against her will Sunday morning, Tampa police say. The woman gave Ronald Terrance a ride to his apartment about 3 a.m. Sunday, and they went inside. Terrance told her he wanted to have sex with her, and she said no but he touched her inappropriately anyway, an arrest report states. During the struggle, Terrance threatened the woman with a knife. ...more

November 2, 2009

A Big Lots employee was outside the store smoking when a Tampa man asked whether she thought he was sexy, and he exposed himself and simulated a sexual act, police say. Police arrested Paul Morales Hernandez at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The incident took place at the Big Lots at 8865 N. Florida Ave., police say. ...more

March 30, 2009

"Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America," by Nathaniel Frank (Thomas Dunne Books, $26) ...more

March 29, 2009

An Avon Park man pleaded no contest Monday to 16 counts of possessing photographs of child pornography. ...more

February 17, 2009

Melissa J. Berry doesn't mind prancing around in public in her underwear. But the 24-year-old model and lingerie football league player draws the line at a former boyfriend - a safe dating expert - posting nude and intimate photos of her on the internet. ...more

December 24, 2008

Reginald Felton performed a sexual act in front of a 14-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon in the 1500 block of 138th Avenue, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 15, 2008

James Leslie Nichols coerced a 17-year-old girl to perform a sexual act on him at Gadsden Park and later threatened to hurt her and her family because of her new boyfriend, Tampa police say. Police arrested Nichols, 43, of Tampa, at 9:20 a.m. Monday. He was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor and aggravated stalking. ...more

October 21, 2008

A local man was arrested Sunday after allegedly having sex with an 11-year-old. ...more

October 15, 2008

A man arrested in June on felony computer pornography charges was charged Monday with 100 counts of possession of child pornography, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 14, 2008

An 18-year-old Plant City man committed a sexual act on a 7-year-old boy Monday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

August 20, 2008