A federal grand jury has indicted a former Oklahoma deputy on charges he traveled to Pinellas County to have sex with two children. ...more

March 6, 2009

A 12-year-old girl first reported missing on Monday has been found. Stormi Canter was found by members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigation Unit around 5 p.m., at a home near Commerce and Maple avenues, according to her mother, Helen McKinney. ...more

March 5, 2009

Rafael Rokitta peered at the laptop Tampa police Officer Jimmy Owens opened on the trunk of a Ford Fusion in a city park Wednesday. With a few key clicks, Owens looked up possible suspects related to a recent burglary. "Do you have computers in your car in Germany?" Owens asked. Rokitta, a trainee for the Berlin police, shook his head. He has to run identity checks from a main police building; nothing portable. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man once named Hernando County's most wanted received a 15-year prison sentence on Monday for his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. ...more

March 4, 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 Highlands County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 12-year-old girl who never returned from school on Monday. ...more

March 3, 2009