Ex-Manatee County deputy gets 13 years for sexually abusing underage girl in the 1970s after living in Alaska for decades.

Deputies arrested the 64-year-old teacher and charged her with child abuse, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

A Manatee County man is facing a felony charge after investigators say one of his children found a gun under his father's bed and accidentally shot his 5-year-old sibling inside their home in March.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 21-year-old corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested in Manatee County on an attempted sexual battery charge. According to JSO, the Manatee County ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A Bradenton patrol officer has been arrested and fired over a domestic violence incident that happened early Wednesday morning, the Bradenton Police Department said. Quinlyn ...

A Manatee County social worker, and father to 13 adopted children, was recently arrested for inappropriately touching two of his sons, court records show. John Showers, a resident of Parrish, was ...

Detectives have charged a man in connection with the April 20 armed robbery at a Manatee County arcade, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Markus Jackson, 39, is charged with armed ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — State and local officials are cracking down on illegal gambling operations, recently shutting down three arcades in Manatee County and seizing hundreds of illegal ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A Bradenton Police Department officer is out of a job after being arrested by deputies in a domestic violence incident, the agency announced. BPD says it has fired 29-year-old ...