A 28-year-old Tarpon Springs man was arrested Thursday, accused of beating to death his roommate in September. Nick Seriganis, of 209 N. Ring Ave., was arrested while already in jail on unrelated charges. On Wednesday, Pasco Circuit Judge Thane Covert signed a first-degree murder warrant, accusing Seriganis of killing Vincent "Vince" Santoro III on Sept. 15. ...more

October 17, 2008

Polk deputies arrested a state Department of Corrections officer Tuesday, saying he falsely reported a crime last month involving smuggling marijuana to an inmate. ...more

October 15, 2008

Zackery Hicks has a new home. At least for now. Hicks got out of prison last month after serving a 14-year term for robbery and for a while couldn't afford a permanent residence. He had limited options on where to stay because he is a convicted sex offender, so he spent time camping in a field under a Selmon Crosstown Expressway bridge. ...more

September 20, 2008

Zackery Hicks just got out of prison last month after serving a 14-year term for robbery, and his new prison is marked by the roar of overhead traffic and the danger of getting snakebit or beat up. The situation is the way it is because Hicks is a registered sex offender, and this situation is not all that uncommon in Florida, where the oppressive stigma of being a sex offender is nearly insurmountable. Some cities across the nation have passed laws that are so restrictive, sex offenders cannot reside there. ...more

September 19, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A little more than a week after he was released from prison, a man convicted of sex crimes in Pasco County was arrested early Monday while walking naked through downtown Tampa. ...more

September 13, 2008

A day care at the John Calvin Presbyterian Church opened this week, and that means some neighbors will have to move. ...more

September 6, 2008

A day care at the John Calvin Presbyterian Church opened this week, and that means some neighbors will have to move. An apartment complex across the street from the Seminole Heights church houses 10 sex offenders, four of whom aren't allowed to live near the day care, said Jo Ellyn Rackleff, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections. ...more

September 5, 2008

The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to retain access to one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation: broadcast television. ...more

September 5, 2008

In the Republican corner, Round 1 appeared to go to incumbent Pasco Sheriff Bob White with nearly all of the precincts reporting. In the Democratic primary, Kim Bogart, a consultant, now moves to the general election. ...more

August 27, 2008

A man released from a state prison this year was behind bars again Tuesday after police said he threatened a woman at gunpoint. ...more

August 27, 2008