Larry Wayne Riddle abused a child during a Sarasota Spring Break stay, a jury found, and one prior Broward victim testified too.

Leon Heron was gunned down carrying dinner home to his wife. Two women who were teens in 2007 now face murder charges.

All lanes are blocked at Mariner Boulevard and Lola Drive, and officials say the closure could last hours.

A jewelry store owner's ID request unraveled an alleged scheme involving over 550 transactions on a deceased Sarasota man's credit card.

Ronald William Causey, 43, is wanted on a no-bond warrant in Hernando County. A conviction could carry a mandatory 25-year minimum if the alleged victim was under 12 and the offender was an adult.

Investigators worked the eastern Sarasota County scene, and officials said the public faces no ongoing threat.

A 2-year-old girl was found alone, and officers later located her caregiver.

The pedestrian entered the northbound lanes at 60th Avenue West; the Palmetto driver was not hurt, troopers say.

Gino Battisti has returned home safely after deputies searched for him; a license plate camera had captured his SUV hours after he vanished.

Kyre Wright allegedly watched his former partner through her own apartment camera and threatened her new partner too, police say.

Jill Leverich, 61, was arrested at Seminole Heights Elementary days after a fentanyl raid at her Fairlawn Street home.

Health officials in Manatee County are stepping up mosquito surveillance after the positive tests. Statewide dengue cases have already topped 250.

A St. Petersburg man admitted to leaving his dog locked in a sweltering trunk; deputies broke a window to free the panting animal.