Say undercover cop solicited them. ...more

September 24, 2008

An early-morning beer run became a trip to the county jail for Robert Perry this month. ...more

September 24, 2008

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper clung to the running board of a pickup for about 600 feet on southbound Interstate 75 Thursday morning to avoid being run over. ...more

September 5, 2008

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper clung to the running board of a pickup truck for about 600 feet on Interstate 75 south this morning to avoid being run over by its driver. Trooper Anthony Horne was not injured in the incident about 3:43 a.m. Motorist Anthony Craig Cook, 35, of Riverview was charged with felony attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, the highway patrol said. ...more

September 4, 2008

Tina Freeman, a mother of four and stepmother of four more, was browsing Craigslist for day care services today when she came across what she called a shocker: "Eight Months Old Baby Boy For Adoption." ...more

August 28, 2008

RIVERVIEW - A 49-year-old Riverview man faces charges he solicited sex online from a 13-year-old boy who was actually an undercover officer with the attorney general's office, according to a news release. Authorities from the attorney general's office say Arthur J. Passeri of 10815 Brickside Court engaged in a series of Internet conversations with a person he thought was a teenager but was actually a law-enforcement officer. ...more

June 20, 2008

The My Safe Florida Home program gives you options, but that doesn't mean they're good ones. In the end, you are responsible. ...more

May 19, 2008

Since May 2007, the My Safe Florida Home program has received complaints, including marketing and solicitation violations, for at least 136 contractors on the program's approved list. The Tampa Tribune picked 32 firms to examine more closely: ...more

May 17, 2008

BARTOW - A Bartow High School math teacher arrested on solicitation of sex charges was accused of inappropriate behavior with students before, according to Polk County School District records. ...more

December 21, 2007

SEBRING — Residents of the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Improvement District have been alerted to call the Highlands County Sheriff's Office in the event a solicitor knocks at the door trying to sell cleaning or other services. Door-to-door solicitation is not allowed in the district, said Ileana Martinez, administrative service coordinator. "Residents have called in to complain," Martinez said Tuesday. ...more

December 20, 2007