It's that time of year when cemetery guards are easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies. ...more

November 1, 2009

It's that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies. ...more

October 30, 2009

The recent shooting deaths of two teenagers prompted teens and school board officials Saturday to organize a violence awareness rally at Johnson Middle School in Bradenton. ...more

September 20, 2009

They picked the wrong time and place for a burglary. Two teenagers broke into the football coach's office at Gaither High School and stole a number of items - all while unaware that deputies were watching their every move, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 31, 2009

A 59-year-old St. Petersburg man who authorities say has mental issues was arrested Wednesday night on charges he exposed himself through a window of his home to two teenagers outside. ...more

July 16, 2009

It will be until September before a new trial date will be set for Stephanie Ragusa. The former Davidsen Middle School teacher had been set to be tried Aug. 10 on charges of molesting two teenagers from the school. But defense attorney Robert Herce and Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters said today that there is still too much pretrial work remaining to meet that date. ...more

July 8, 2009

Two teenagers and a 12-year-old boy are accused of using a semi-automatic handgun while robbing a woman outside the West Pasco Art Guild on Wednesday morning. New Port Richey Police charged Zachary Bogucki, 15, and Chase Jacob Swinson, 15, with armed robbery and armed burglary, while the 12-year-old , was charged with armed robbery, records said. ...more

April 30, 2009

Testimony is expected to begin today in the first-degree murder trial of one of two men charged in what authorities say was the drug-related slayings of two teenagers. ...more

March 11, 2009

Attorneys spent today selecting a jury to hear the first-degree murder trial of one of two men charged in the drug-related slayings of two teenagers. ...more

March 9, 2009

Stephanie Ragusa believes she is being harassed by the staff at the Hillsborough County jail, where she is being held without bond on charges of molesting two teenagers at the school where she taught. ...more

March 4, 2009