TAMPA If schoolteacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave can make it another day without incident, she will be freed from house arrest. ...more

July 11, 2008

MANATEE — A Michigan man staying at a home in Manatee County in May was arrested and charged with rape Tuesday after authorities say he admitted forcing a woman to have sex with him then. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA — A lizard tattoo on the small of a teacher's back; a ladybug on the lower left side of her belly; a flower on her right. Several photographs of Stephanie Ragusa were released today by the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office. Prosecutors are not commenting on the pictures but sheriff's office reports have said the photographs were used to corroborate statements given by a teenager who claimed to have had sex repeatedly with Ragusa. She was his teacher at Davidsen Middle School. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - Kenneth I. Liles, 36, had sex with a 16-year-old girl, police say. ...more

June 30, 2008

In Stephanie Ragusa's spring job evaluation, she received marks indicating she was unsatisfactory or needed improvement in every category but one. ...more

June 25, 2008

Woman accused of having sex with students dressed well, review said. ...more

June 24, 2008

TAMPA - A man accused of offering a woman money so he could have sex with her two young children cut off his electronic ankle bracelet Sunday and disappeared, his attorney said. ...more

June 9, 2008

TAMPA - A West Palm Beach attorney says she is representing three boys who accused a Polk County schoolteacher of having sex with them. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - A 45-year-old Tampa man has been charged with having a five-year sexual relationship with a girl, starting when she was 13 years old, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 5, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office announces the arrest of a Polk County teacher today on charges of sexual misconduct with several children. ...more

June 5, 2008