CLEARWATER- After complaining about being stuck in an isolated cell, Nick Bollea has company: three cellmates who, like Bollea, are 17 years old, but who, unlike him, come from impoverished backgrounds. ...more

June 6, 2008

Two consecutive terms of life in prison without a chance at parole were given to a convicted murderer on Thursday. ...more

June 6, 2008

Two consecutive terms of life in prison without a chance at parole were given to a convicted murderer on Thursday. ...more

June 5, 2008

When Byron Simmons showed up at a little league game in February to watch his 10-year-old son play, he volunteered to act as an umpire when one failed to show. What the staff didn't know was that Simmons was a convicted sexual offender. ...more

May 30, 2008

HAINES CITY - Thanks in part to some attentive citizens, Haines City police say they've arrested an Orlando man responsible for up to 10 bank robberies across Central Florida. For now, Christopher Eugene Floyd, 29, has been charged in one Haines City robbery and two Lake County robberies. But he's a suspect in 10 robberies, stretching from Melbourne to Lakeland, starting in late March. ...more

May 29, 2008

Police had nothing new to release on Tuesday about the murder of Isiah Collins. ...more

May 28, 2008

A former University of Tampa cheerleader who was raped by her coach is suing the school, contending that thorough background checks were not performed when he was hired, according to a complaint filed Thursday in civil court. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA -- A former University of Tampa cheerleader who was raped by her coach is suing the school, contending that thorough background checks were not performed when he was hired, according to a complaint filed Thursday in civil court. Thomas Andrew Hall, 44, of Clearwater, pleaded guilty on Feb. 18 to a charge of sexual battery with slight force, Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show. He was sentenced to six years' probation and a supervision program that monitors his whereabouts. He is also listed on FDLE's database of registered sexual offenders. ...more

May 22, 2008

2005 Feb. 24: Jessica Marie "Jessie" Lunsford is discovered missing by her father, Mark. She had been tucked into bed by grandparents the night before. ...more

February 22, 2008

2005 Feb. 24: Jessica Marie "Jessie" Lunsford is discovered missing by her father, Mark. She had been tucked into bed by grandparents the night before. ...more

February 21, 2008