The 26-year-old father was upset that his baby wouldn't stop crying and had a soiled diaper, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. ...more

June 5, 2008

Ken DeVane is no longer a member of the city's municipal code enforcement board. ...more

May 24, 2008

A young mother whose 9-month-old son drowned in a running bathtub while she was having a conversation in the next room is not guilty of aggravated manslaughter of a child but is guilty of child neglect, a jury determined Tuesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - Ken DeVane is no longer a member of the city's municipal code enforcement board. On Tuesday, the third-term board member resigned during a joint work session of the code enforcement board, city council and Mayor Joe Affronti. His action followed his allegation that council members disregarded the code enforcement board's recommendation of a $22,350 noncompliance fine in a case that involved Gaspar's Patio Bar & Grille. Council approved levying a fine of $1,600. ...more

May 20, 2008

SEBRING — Police Chief Tom Dettman and his wife Deborah filed two separate complaints against four Highlands County sheriff's deputies in connection with two separate incidents in 2007 involving their son, Matthew Thomas Dettman, now 20. Three deputies were the subject of a complaint involving alleged racing on U.S. 27 and Matt Dettman's arrest, and one deputy was accused in a second incident when Matt Dettman was ejected from the 12 Hours of Sebring race. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - A young mother whose 9-month-old son drowned in a running bathtub while she was having a conversation in the next room is not guilty of aggravated manslaughter of a child but is guilty of child neglect, a jury determined today. ...more

May 20, 2008

While her aunt sat on the witness stand Monday, describing for jurors the day Katrina Lynn Brooks found her 9-month-old son floating in a bathtub, Brooks sat at a defense table with her lawyers, trying to stifle her tears. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - While her aunt sat on the witness stand today, describing for jurors the day Katrina Lynn Brooks found her 9-month-old son floating in a bathtub, Brooks sat at a defense table with her lawyers, trying to stifle her tears. ...more

May 19, 2008

There's nothing like a good scandal to spice up the campaign season. And This Space enjoys a good scandal as much as the next soulless muckraker. ...more

May 11, 2008

TAMPA - An internal affairs investigation is looking into a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate's complaint that Charlette Marshall-Jones, the detention deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair in January, also abused her last month. ...more

February 20, 2008