Deputies searched by air and ground for hours Thursday to find a sexual predator who removed his GPS ankle monitor. ...more

May 14, 2009

A local man was sentenced to two life sentences Monday after previously being found guilty of two counts of sexual battery on a person less than 12 years of age. ...more

February 25, 2009

A registered sexual predator attempted to get a 12-year-old girl into his car and exposed himself to her today, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 30, 2009

Paul E. Hodges, a registered sexual predator in Manatee County, hasn't been living at his registered address for several months, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

January 15, 2009

The following people were booked Wednesday, Dec. 31 and Thursday, Jan. 1 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

January 3, 2009

A woman who picketed a Plant City pet shop alleging an employee injured her dog has agreed to refrain from future protests. ...more

November 15, 2008

I wanted to expand on your recent article regarding the attempted abduction of the little girl in Spring Lake. ...more

September 24, 2008

About 1 p.m. Friday, Suzanne Campbell pulled up in her driveway. She put the milk in the garage refrigerator. Her great-granddaughter loves to get the mail. The mailbox was about 40 yards away. ...more

September 19, 2008

City police are investigating a weekend arson fire that damaged a nearly century-old building on the National Register of Historic Places. ...more

September 9, 2008

A detective searching for a sexual predator missing since Monday found his target dead by suicide Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. ...more

July 17, 2008