AVON PARK — An Avon Park man was free Wednesday on $25,000 bail after he was accused by his sister of punching her and trying to strangle her over a pair of tennis shoes. Earl Bernard Nelson, 34, of 1168 Memorial Drive, Avon Park, was charged with simple battery and felony battery or domestic battery by strangulation. ...more

June 11, 2008

Detectives found blood on the library driveway, blood on a sidewalk near a set of benches, blood on a signpost outside the entrance and blood on the west wall of the building. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA -- Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives found blood on a library driveway, blood on a sidewalk near a set of benches, blood on a sign post near the entrance and blood on the west wall of the library building. Ultimately, on the evening of April 24, they found blood on the ground near the spot where the family of an 18-year-old senior at East Bay High School found her unconscious and gasping. She had been raped. ...more

June 6, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring woman remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Tuesday, after sheriff's deputies arrested her Friday following a domestic violence related dispute. Norma J. McClellan, 65, of Sebring, was charged with felony battery or domestic battery by strangulation. ...more

May 7, 2008

A man known for his kind soul and generous nature was beaten about the head and strangled to death early Thursday morning. ...more

February 16, 2008

A man known for his kind soul and generous nature was beaten about the head and strangled to death early Thursday morning. ...more

February 15, 2008

SEBRING — An engaged Sebring couple was tasered Wednesday afternoon after officers responded to an alleged fight between the two. ...more

January 24, 2008

A man who last month accused a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy of roughing him up while he was trying to comfort his girlfriend has been charged with felony domestic violence, records show. ...more

January 15, 2008

TAMPA - A man who last month accused a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy of roughing him up while trying to comfort his girlfriend has been charged with felony domestic violence, records show. ...more

January 14, 2008

TAMPA - A man kicked, punched and choked his wife, then struggled with deputies before being arrested Wednesday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 20, 2007