When three Mexican nationals were arrested for a series of rapes in the Tampa Bay area, public officials battled over how law enforcement handles illegal aliens and some residents complained that the immigrant crime problem had gotten out of hand. ...more

September 7, 2008

A series of rapes in the Tampa Bay area that has been blamed on three Mexican nationals set off a battle over the way law enforcement handles illegal immigrants, with a congresswoman and the Hillsborough County sheriff trading barbs and some local residents arguing that the immigrant crime problem had gotten out of hand. ...more

August 29, 2008

All day long, Shawn Haverfield said, he hears about Rigoberto Moron Martinez, who investigators say unleashed a reign of terror in the Tampa Bay area, raping women and robbing people. ...more

August 27, 2008

When Melissa Dojka heard a noise in her bathroom while she was taking a shower, she figured it was her boyfriend. ...more

August 26, 2008

When Melissa Dojka heard a noise in her bathroom while she was taking a shower, she figured it was her boyfriend. ...more

August 25, 2008

Politically motivated and naive is how Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee described a congresswoman's call for a federal investigation after last week's arrest of a Mexican national in rape cases. ...more

August 25, 2008

Rigoberto Morón Martinez had worked at one of the restaurants where he is accused of raping an employee during a robbery, and investigators believe he did so, at least in part, because of a dispute over money he had had with the owner. ...more

August 23, 2008

Rigoberto Moron Martinez had worked at one of the restaurants where he is accused of raping an employee during a robbery, and investigators believe he did so, at least in part, because of a dispute over money he had had with the owner. ...more

August 22, 2008

An Apollo Beach restaurant employee believed she was going to die when she and a co-worker were attacked and raped early Saturday morning, her sister said. ...more

August 22, 2008

The day before Rigoberto Moron Martinez was charged with in the sexual attacks of two Apollo Beach restaurant employees, he called his ex-girlfriend and told her he knew he was about to be arrested. ...more

August 21, 2008