It happened so fast. One moment 16-year-old Juan Hernandez-Huapilla and his older sister were doing what untold numbers of students had done before them: running to catch the school bus. ...more

December 19, 2009

The principal of Sikes Elementary School in Lakeland has been accused of raping and molesting an 11-year-old girl. ...more

December 18, 2009

TAMPA -- A 31-year-old Tampa man sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a parking lot near his home, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Michael Cornelius Williams on Wednesday evening. ...more

December 17, 2009

A 3-year-old girl has died after finding a gun in a relative's Miami home and shooting herself. ...more

December 6, 2009

The mother of a 9-year-old girl who accused a custodian of molesting her at school has filed notice that she plans to sue the Hillsborough County school district. ...more

December 6, 2009

Tammy Taylor, 43, of Avon Park, was arrested Monday on a warrant charging her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. ...more

November 28, 2009

One of the victims was 5 years old, deputies say ...more

November 27, 2009

It happened in an instant. One second, she was driving, the next a woman's body slammed off her hood. ...more

November 25, 2009

An Avon Park man remained in the Highlands County Jail Thursday under an $180,000 bond after being arrested on a warrant accusing him of exchanging sexual explicit correspondences and adult pornography with a 16-year-old girl. ...more

November 21, 2009

A 69-year-old man awaiting trial on charges he molested a 6-year-old girl now faces new charges after deputies say he threatened to kill a witness in the case. ...more

November 19, 2009