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February 25, 2009

A teenager was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation after deputies reportedly discovered him having sex with his underage girlfriend. ...more

February 25, 2009

WTVT morning anchor Russell Rhodes had a blood alcohol content more than twice the level at which the state presumes intoxication when he was arrested on Jan. 16, according to new court documents. ...more

February 23, 2009

Deputies say they recovered 7 1/2 pounds of marijuana from the trunk of a car during a traffic stop Thursday night. ...more

February 20, 2009

A man who caused a disturbance on a Delta flight from New York City to Tampa on Thursday was arrested after he scuffled at the gate with Tampa International Airport police, according to an affidavit. Robert M. Waugh, 32, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who told authorities he was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, was charged with four counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest. He remained in the Orient Road Jail this morning. Bail was set at $10,250. ...more

February 20, 2009

Deputies say they recovered 7-½ pounds of marijuana from the trunk of a car during a traffic stop Thursday night. ...more

February 20, 2009

A group of black ministers who supported U.S. Sen. Roland Burris as he fought to get his job now plan to ask for his resignation following revelations that he tried to raise money for the disgraced governor who appointed him, one of the ministers told The Associated Press on Thursday. ...more

February 19, 2009

Will Russell Rhodes' brief on-air apology Wednesday be enough? Will the 49-year-old TV anchor keep his job at WTVT, Channel 13? ...more

February 19, 2009

A Brooksville man faces 35 rape charges after multiple sexual encounters that left a teenage girl pregnant. ...more

February 18, 2009

Russell Rhodes, a morning anchor for WTVT, Channel 13, issued an apology today during his return to the airwaves. Rhodes was arrested in January and charged with obstructing or opposing an officer without violence after trying to run from an off-duty deputy in the Channelside Parking Garage, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2009