A southwest Florida corrections officer was released on bail Friday after being accused of gouging an inmate's eye, police said. ...more

June 8, 2008

When Byron Simmons showed up at a little league game in February to watch his 10-year-old son play, he volunteered to act as an umpire when one failed to show. What the staff didn't know was that Simmons was a convicted sexual offender. ...more

May 30, 2008

TAMPA - A registered sexual offender released from prison in November was arrested Sunday on a charge of raping a 10-year-old girl. ...more

May 25, 2008

When dozens of female employees filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections alleging they were subjected to a hostile, repulsive work environment, they wanted one thing: to be heard. ...more

May 24, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $7,000 bail Tuesday, after being taken into custody from the Florida Department of Corrections in connection with a Jan. 28, 2007 alleged forged check theft from Amscot. ...more

May 7, 2008

1.24 miles away. ...more

January 29, 2008

After a week and a day in his Melbourne home, the man once known as the Hyde Park Rapist has pulled up stakes and moved – 1.24 miles away. ...more

January 28, 2008

TAMPA - Bobby Joe Helms is on the move again. ...more

January 24, 2008

Christie Telebrico is scared. She's scared for herself. She's scared for her neighbors. But mostly, she's scared for her daughters – all five of them. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA - Deputies with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office are searching for a man who escaped from a Lecanto detention facility Friday afternoon. ...more

January 11, 2008