A 12-year-old Bradenton girl is recovering after she left home over the weekend and was raped by a man 34 years older than her, the girl's family said at a news conference this afternoon. ...more

March 30, 2009

An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 12-year-old girl Bradenton girl that left her house Saturday. ...more

March 29, 2009

Taina Lopez feels as if no one listened to her. ...more

March 27, 2009

A former youth baseball volunteer was sentenced to life in prison after a Hillsborough County jury today found him guilty of raping a 10-year-old girl, prosecutors said. ...more

March 27, 2009

Testimony began today in the trial of a former youth baseball volunteer accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in May. ...more

March 25, 2009

A 2-month-old baby has been reunited with her parents more than 24 hours after a woman impersonating an immigration official took the child from her mother. ...more

March 24, 2009

A 4-year-old girl died this afternoon after she fell into the pool at a Lakeland hotel and apparently drowned, police say. ...more

March 22, 2009

A Lakeland man accused of videotaping himself inappropriately touching an 8-year-old girl faces additional charges today. ...more

March 20, 2009

A Lakeland man was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning on charges he videotaped himself inappropriately touching an 8-year-old girl. ...more

March 19, 2009

Port Richey man was arrested for the January rape of a 14-year-old girl, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. Juan Pablo Garcia Jr., 18, of 11735 Meadow Drive, forced himself on the victim in a vacant Port Richey house on Jan. 7, the report states. ...more

March 19, 2009