The public will begin picking up the defense tab for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman granted a request today by Ragusa's attorney, Robert Herce, to have his client declared indigent. Prosecutors did not object. ...more

September 30, 2009

It will be until September before a new trial date will be set for Stephanie Ragusa. The former Davidsen Middle School teacher had been set to be tried Aug. 10 on charges of molesting two teenagers from the school. But defense attorney Robert Herce and Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters said today that there is still too much pretrial work remaining to meet that date. ...more

July 8, 2009

An August trial date was scheduled today for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Wayne S. Timmerman set Aug. 10 for Ragusa at the request of prosecutors and Ragusa's attorney Robert Herce. ...more

March 19, 2009

Leaders for the Westchase Community Development districts have chosen the people who will lead while the groups undergo a merger. ...more

March 11, 2009

Stephanie Ragusa believes she is being harassed by the staff at the Hillsborough County jail, where she is being held without bond on charges of molesting two teenagers at the school where she taught. ...more

March 4, 2009

A judge on Thursday decided to allow prosecutors to use a taped conversation between a former teacher and a teenager she is accused of molesting. ...more

January 9, 2009

A judge this afternoon decided to allow prosecutors to use a taped conversation between a former teacher and a teenager she is accused of molesting. ...more

January 8, 2009

A request for an electronic lock on a community gate turned into a lengthy discussion about access and expense at a recent Westchase Community Development District meeting. ...more

November 19, 2008

Months before she was accused of having sex with two boys, teacher Stephanie Ragusa complained to school officials about a confrontation with her principal centering on Ragusa's relations with male students. ...more

August 8, 2008

Former Hillsborough County middle school teacher Stephanie Ragusa sent a text message to the boy to say she was freaking out because the Hillsborough County School District's office of professional standards kept calling her. ...more

August 8, 2008