Two Tarpon Springs police officers have been placed on administrative leave with pay for separate incidents, including one being investigated for possible improper contact with a high school student, Tarpon Springs police say. ...more

November 12, 2008

A man accused of trying to drag a teenage girl from a bus stop into his car has been arrested, police reported. ...more

November 7, 2008

A Valrico man, who authorities say took sexually explicit pictures of a teenage girl with plans to sell them on the Internet, is facing federal charges. ...more

November 6, 2008

A construction worker has been extradited from New Jersey to face charges he had sex with a teenage girl who had gone to his apartment in Oldsmar so he could photograph her in a bikini for her MySpace page, according to court documents unsealed today. ...more

October 27, 2008

Stung by the abandonments of children as old as 17 under Nebraska's brand-new safe-haven law, the governor and lawmakers agreed Monday to narrow the law's broad wording to protect only the parents of newborns from prosecution. ...more

October 21, 2008

A Valrico man is accused of taking sexually explicit pictures of a teenage girl with plans to sell them on the Internet, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 25, 2008

Let's Get Busy The Republican VP candidate, Sarah Palin, is being hailed or excoriated depending on your personal beliefs, for allowing her teenage child to get a pass on getting pregnant. For political fodder, the issue twists to one of parenting style as leadership litmus. ...more

September 13, 2008

A registered sex offender in Pennsylvania faces charges of tempting a minor to have sex after federal authorities say he chatted online with an undercover agent in Tampa posing as a teenage girl. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 28, 2008