A former Hillsborough County teacher arrested last week on charges of probation violation has had the charge dismissed. The 39-year-old was in court Tuesday for a hearing that she violated her probation for taking pictures with a friend’s 12-year-old daughter in a Clearwater Beach restaurant. A judge dismissed the violation…
Pasco County authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man and charged him with lewd and lascivious molestation at a county library. The man accused was a library volunteer when the incident was reported but has since been terminated.According to a Sheriff’s Office report, a 14-year-old boy claims the man “enticed him…
A 27-year-old Sorrento man was arrested on child pornography charges Friday, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The man was booked into the Lake County Jail with bail set at $50,000, the FDLE said. According to an agency spokeswoman, agents began investigating the man in February after determining…
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested a Dade City man for allegedly possessing hundreds of files of child pornography and possibly accessing thousands more. A Pasco County Sheriff’s Office arrest report states investigators found 274 suspected child porn files on the man’s laptop. They allegedly reviewed 22 of those…
A Windermere man was found guilty Tuesday of raping a woman he was accused of drugging and taking pictures of. The man was found guilty after just a two-day trial. Jurors deliberated for several hours Tuesday before finding him guilty of attempted sexual battery and sexual battery. The investigation into…
A 27-year-old Florida man was arrested Thursday on a pimping charge during an undercover Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigation. The man is charged with living off the earnings of a prostitute, cocaine possession and transporting a person for prostitution. Jacksonville police were apparently digging into online ads for escorts when they…
A 33-year-old youth softball coach from Auburndale is facing charges of having sex with a minor. The 33-year-old was taken into custody Friday after authorities talked to the 17-year-old girl. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the Lakeland girl told authorities she had consensual sex with the man in…
A Haines City High School teacher is accused of having explicit, sexual conversations with a 15-year-old boy in Texas. The 27-year-old faces felony charges from Winter Haven Police. She told police the teen told her he was 19 years old. According to police, the boy’s mother found out about the…
Crime fell across Florida in the first half of 2017, according to the Semi-Annual Uniform Crime Report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. While there were more than 6,000 fewer crimes reported in Florida in the first sixth months of the year, a 2 percent drop, overall crime was…
A Marion County teacher assistant was recently charged with molesting a middle school student, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The 36-year-old is being charged with lewd or lascivious molestation. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said she allegedly admitted to investigators that she had sexual contact with a then 14-year-old…