The Super Bowl brings thousands of visitors and plenty of money to the city. With that comes a notorious element: prostitution. Tampa police say they are working to combat the problem. Monday morning, police conducted an operation to crack down on prostitution. By day's end, police had arrested 13 people on prostitution or lewd and lascivious charges. ...more

January 26, 2009

A keystone of Richard McDivitt's trial in December was the emotional testimony of the teenage girl he allegedly molested. ...more

January 24, 2009

A 22-year-old man was arrested this afternoon, accused of molesting a 4-year-old boy in the restroom of a Plant City Taco Bell, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

January 20, 2009

A 21-year-old man is being held at the Pinellas County Jail this morning, accused of molesting a 12-year-old Clearwater girl after following her from a bus stop, records show. ...more

January 20, 2009

More than two pounds of cocaine were seized Wednesday when deputies served a search warrant at 13347 LaCasita Ave., an affidavit states. ...more

January 16, 2009

Police arrested a Brooksville man Sunday afternoon after he made crude gestures with a sex toy as a woman walked by his car with her 7-year-old daughter. ...more

December 30, 2008

Jose Raul Moreno-Lopez exposed himself and touched himself improperly, making sexual motions against a tree in the presence of five children Sunday, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 29, 2008

A Brooksville man was arrested Sunday, accused of using a sex toy to make obscene gestures as women walked by in a store's parking lot ...more

December 28, 2008

Reginald Felton performed a sexual act in front of a 14-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon in the 1500 block of 138th Avenue, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 15, 2008

David Bishop, 43, entered a guilty plea today on three counts of lewd and lascivious behavior involving teenage girls. ...more

December 15, 2008