A Winter Haven man was spared the death penalty Thursday for his role in the 2006 slaying of a Polk County drug dealer. ...more

March 6, 2009

The family of a Blake High School secretary who was murdered in 2007 sued the Hillsborough County School Board today, saying it was negligent in hiring, supervising and disciplining the school custodian who killed her. ...more

March 5, 2009

One of five Polk County teens accused of beating a classmate last March was sentenced this morning to one year of probation. Britney Mayes was sentenced as a juvenile by Circuit Judge Keith Spoto at the Polk County courthouse in Bartow. ...more

March 5, 2009

On March 30, 2008 six teenage girls confronted 16-year old Victoria Lindsay about trash-talking about them online and in cell phone text messages. The six girls took turns punching and kicking Lindsay while they video tape the beating. Two teenaged boys stood watch outside the Lakeland home to warn the girls inside. Here are the events that followed. ...more

March 5, 2009

A teenager pleaded guilty today to charges he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl on a school bus parked at Dixie Hollins High School in Pinellas County in May, according to authorities. ...more

February 24, 2009

In 2007, a teenager finishing up classes at Powell Middle School was withdrawn from public school. ...more

February 20, 2009

A former Blake High School custodian faces up to life imprisonment after a jury convicted him today of murdering his ex-girlfriend in October 2007. ...more

February 19, 2009

A 36-year-old Tampa man choked a woman with a television cord, refused to let her leave, held her at knifepoint and threatened to kill her and their unborn child Monday, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Kirby Cook at his home at 6:58 p.m. Monday. He was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and domestic battery by strangulation. ...more

February 17, 2009

A man accused of molesting a blind, deaf and mute woman and abducting her from a bus stop on Friday was arrested because the woman kept her cool, authorities said. ...more

February 14, 2009

Police this morning arrested a man in the molestation of a 40-year-old blind, deaf and mute woman who was waiting for a bus. ...more

February 13, 2009