Authorities say a Port St. Lucie man bound a woman's hands and taped her mouth shut, claiming he only wanted to make her listen. ...more

October 14, 2008

Five teens accused in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader were due in court today but attorneys asked the judge to continue the proceeding until Nov. 18. Mercades Nichols, 17, Brittini Hardcastle, 17, April Cooper, 14, Britney Mayes, 17, and Kayla Hassell, 15, were scheduled for pretrial hearings this morning at the Polk County courthouse in Bartow. Their attorneys told Judge Keith Spoto they needed to delay the proceeding because of depositions set for later this month. The judge granted the requests. ...more

October 7, 2008

Police say a 21-year-old man beat and choked his 16-year-old wife and his 2-year-old stepdaughter after the child made a mess with cotton swabs and powder. ...more

September 20, 2008

Police say a 21-year-old man beat and choked his 16-year-old wife and his 2-year-old stepdaughter after the child made a mess with cotton swabs and powder. ...more

September 19, 2008

A 17-year-old girl is recovering from a skull fracture today after she escaped from the trunk of a moving vehicle on Friday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 14, 2008

A Dunedin man was arrested early Sunday morning, accused of tying up and handcuffing a woman then sexually battering her, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. ...more

September 14, 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

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 28, 2008

An Apollo Beach restaurant employee believed she was going to die when she and a co-worker were attacked and raped early Saturday morning, her sister said. ...more

August 22, 2008