Gunshots rang out at a Gibsonton trailer park Saturday night. Nobody was injured, but when the smoke cleared, two men had shot their neighbor's trailer and her brother's car, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 30, 2007

On Aug. 23, I called the Highlands County Code Enforcement Department to see what could be done about a horrible situation in Lake Placid. ...more

November 8, 2007

LAKE PLACID — The noise started early Monday morning. But the loud and regular pounding and scraping was welcomed by neighbors like Donna and Sergio Guzman as about a dozen workers prepared former mobile home park Viking Village for demolition. "Sergio and I are enjoying the sound of heavy metal — aluminum crashing to the ground," said Donna Guzman, with a broad smile. In mid-September, the 18-unit trailer park was condemned by the county, and the property owner was threatened with daily fines. Most of the trailers and buildings at the park, located at County Road 17 and Lake June Road, are dilapidated with gaping holes and broken windows. ...more

November 7, 2007

Samuel Matthews' record of crimes against children sent 'chills' down the spine of the federal judge who sentenced him Friday to life in prison. ...more

October 20, 2007

TAMPA - A 54-year-old convicted sex offender who authorities say tried to persuade another sex offender to help him find a young girl to pose for sexually explicit photographs is set to be sentenced this morning in federal court. ...more

October 19, 2007

I read with interest the article on the Nan-Ces-O-Wee. I believe the owner of this hotel is also the owner of the deteriorated Viking Estates Trailer Park, which you highlighted on Sept. 20. ...more

October 3, 2007

Abandoned trailer homes. Long grass. Broken windows. Strange candles burning in the night in what should otherwise be empty homes. ...more

September 20, 2007

As a child, Lazaro Galindo cut open the family puppies 'to see all the pretty colors inside.' As a teen, he kept a black cauldron filled with hatchets and knives, tools he used to sacrifice animals for his religion. He once told a detective he had an insatiable desire to eat human flesh. ...more

September 3, 2007

MIAMI - As a child, Lazaro Galindo cut open the family puppies "to see all the pretty colors inside." As a teen, he kept a black cauldron filled with hatchets and knives, all tools he used to sacrifice animals for his religion. He once told a detective he had an insatiable desire to eat human flesh. ...more

September 2, 2007