Fugitives beware: A new squad at the Florida Department of Corrections has helped to locate, and has aided in the arrest of, seven suspected prison fugitives — all within the past four weeks. Each of the seven had been on the lam for at least 20 years. ...more

November 5, 2007

A registered sexual offender who authorities say raped a 15-year-old girl after using the Internet to lure her from home is back in Polk County to face charges. ...more

October 29, 2007

Kenny Love Washington came to Tampa this month for a new start after a stint in prison. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - A man was charged with first-degree murder this morning in the stabbing death of Kenny Love Washington. A second suspect remains at large. ...more

October 24, 2007

At first, the girl's mother didn't quite believe her. The Pierce Middle School sixth-grader complained that her teacher was weird, that he kept touching her head and stroking her hair. ...more

October 22, 2007

The new start Harold Jones hoped to give his friend turned out to last only a few hours. ...more

October 13, 2007

TAMPA - A man found dead in a Tampa business at 3004 N. 22nd St. was from Oviedo and just out of jail, according to a friend of his who leases the building. "He was an old friend and down on his luck," Harold Jones said. "We grew up together, and he called me up when he got out of jail." ...more

October 12, 2007

Tracey Alderman's Orient Road Jail mug shot from 1996 shows a freckle-faced teen with a frightened expression under a head of thick red hair. He was 18. ...more

September 14, 2007