Tampa man, 30, charged with sexual battery of 11-year-old girl

Police say an 11-year-old girl who went missing from her Panhandle home for several days in March was, in fact, with a Tampa man who was molesting her.

9-year-old finds $5,000 under floor mat while cleaning family SUV

An Indiana family purchased their Chevy Suburban back in September, but it was only recently that 9-year-old Landon Melvin was cleaning the SUV and found an envelope containing $5,000 under a floor mat.

6-year-old boys bonded forever through organ donation

Last year on March 25, two days after his sixth birthday, Sean Michael Bridges-Rivera was critically injured in a car accident. He died just days later. On Sunday, the family of the little boy who received Sean's heart met with Sean's family at a church in Orlando for the first time.

FHP: Nearly naked Plant City woman arrested after leading troopers on high-speed chase in stolen car

Rachel Lynn Stefancich, 24, of Plant City, was arrested Saturday after troopers say she drove a stolen vehicle at speeds of more than 110 miles per hour while eluding law enforcement along I-75.

Dunedin mother brought to tears by daughter with cerebral palsy walking with shopping cart

A community came together to support a little girl battling cerebral palsy. She’s inspired so many after overcoming the odds and learning to walk with a shopping cart.

Florida girl who fended off attempted kidnapper credits slime, ‘Law & Order’ with helping catch suspect

An 11-year-old Florida girl seen on viral video fending off a man who allegedly tried to kidnap her from a bus stop earlier this week has credited toy slime and "Law & Order: SVU" with helping to catch the suspect.

Judge sets $1.5M bond for Florida man accused of trying to kidnap girl from school bus stop

A 30-year-old man is charged with attempted kidnapping after investigators say he tried to grab an 11-year-old girl at her bus stop in the Florida Panhandle -- and the whole thing was caught on video.

Video: Wild Florida police chase ends with 5 juvenile suspects in custody after attempted home invasion

Five juveniles fled police after trying to break into a house in South Florida, then led officers on a high-speed chase -- striking a bicyclist and another vehicle before violently crashing and rolling over on I-95.

PHOTOS: Florida diver comes face-to-face with massive bull shark

“A fish had grabbed the chunk of bait and run toward me for cover, before getting scared and dropping the chunk. This set me up for a shot that’s even too close for my 20mm lens.”

Serious monkey business: Researchers find origins of Florida colony

A colony of monkeys has lived for about 70 years in urban South Florida, near jets taking off from a nearby airport and fuel storage tanks. No one was quite sure where they came from -- until now.

Florida woman accused of raping teen at child's birthday party

Investigators arrested a Florida woman accused of raping a teenage boy at a child's birthday party, just inches away from a 12-year-old girl. The 17-year-old victim told deputies the woman forced herself on him while he was sleeping, and claimed he couldn't push her off of him because she was too heavy. Jail records indicate the woman weighs 250 pounds.

Illinois 7th grader says school bully attacked her during gym class

'THEY LET US DOWN': A family in the southwest suburbs is furious after they say their daughter was bruised and beaten by a school bully and not much is being done about it.