Daniel Staats was arrested on charges that he took advantage of a wireless Internet hotspot to download child pornography. ...more

March 9, 2009

A Largo man has been sentenced to 15 years and six months in federal prison for receipt of child pornography, officials said today. ...more

March 6, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee pleaded guilty today to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

March 5, 2009

BROOKSVILLE - A teenager was arrested Monday because he sent a lewd picture of himself to a 14-year-old girl via his cell phone, a report shows. ...more

March 3, 2009

The man charged with killing 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood visited the bar where her father, Dale Fullwood, worked and was once seen huddled with Fullwood looking at child pornography on a laptop computer, newly released law enforcement documents show. ...more

March 2, 2009

A teenager was arrested Monday because he sent a lewd picture of himself to a 14-year-old girl via his cell phone, a report shows. ...more

March 2, 2009

An Avon Park man pleaded no contest Monday to 16 counts of possessing photographs of child pornography. ...more

February 17, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

February 11, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies have arrested a Tampa man on charges relating to child pornography. Justin Copolino, 41, also was arrested on lewd or lascivious charges relating to a child under the age of 16, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Web site. ...more

February 5, 2009

Once the public face of the state agency assigned to protect children, Al Zimmerman admitted in federal court Wednesday that he victimized teens by using them in child pornography. ...more

January 22, 2009