Police have arrested a 26-year-old Tampa man, accusing him of having sex with a 14-year-old girl, an affidavit states. Shawn Javon Williams, of 9245 Overlook Drive, is charged with felony lewd and lascivious battery on a child younger than 16, records show. ...more

August 15, 2008

Amber Williams suffered nightmares for years. In them, she would try to run away from her father - through the house, up the stairs, under the bed. ...more

August 15, 2008

Police arrested two men Saturday on charges of lewd behavior and exposure at an adult theater in Drew Park, an area where police have targeted illegal behavior at adult businesses. ...more

August 10, 2008

Former Hillsborough County middle school teacher Stephanie Ragusa sent a text message to the boy to say she was freaking out because the Hillsborough County School District's office of professional standards kept calling her. ...more

August 8, 2008

Text messages between former Hillsborough County teacher Stephanie Ragusa and one of the students she is accused of having sex with were released today by the State Attorney's Office. She told the boy she loved him, and they discussed dating and her giving him money, according to the messages, which were released in hundreds of pages of discovery documents. Also released was Ragusa's last will and testament, in which she addressed a student. ...more

August 7, 2008

BRADENTON -- A man who had sex with a teenage girl was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison and 10 years of sex offender probation. ...more

July 24, 2008

On the first day of trial Wednesday, jurors heard testimony from a 19-year-old woman who says Steven Vanwart, an acquaintance, raped her while she was pregnant last year. ...more

July 24, 2008

Deputies arrested a 27-year-old Plant City man Tuesday morning for having sex with a 15-year-old girl, according to an arrest report. ...more

July 23, 2008

Sex "master" Andrew Kobak avoided prison Wednesday for pimping out a 19-year-old sex slave he met on the Internet. ...more

July 17, 2008

Schoolteacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave no longer will have to provide Florida Department of Corrections officials her daily schedule, and they no longer will keep minute-by-minute track of her whereabouts. ...more

July 11, 2008