The Miami-Dade County Commission has approved a resolution sponsored by Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins to co-designate a portion of SW 162nd Avenue, from 232nd Street to 240th Street, as “Jimmy ...

Jimmy Ryce's name has become a symbol - of child advocacy, of victims' rights, of the plight of missing children. His name should be remembered. | Opinion ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Feb. 9, 2014, in the Miami Herald. The years have not healed Don Ryce‘s pain, only prolonged it. It was 1995 when his son, a gap-toothed ...

Poster and flowers outside the home of Jimmy Ryce in 1995. Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Feb. 9, 2014, in the Miami Herald. The years have not healed Don Ryce‘s pain, only ...

Former Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder, who served five terms starting in 1992, has died at the age of 80. Crowder helped modernize the sheriff's office, bringing administrative skills and ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – A man designated as a “Violent Sexual Predator” in Florida was arrested earlier this month on charges of failing to comply with his reporting requirements regarding internet ...

Bobby Allen, a convicted rapist, will be indefinitely confined after his 25-year prison sentence. Six out of seven experts deemed Allen, 53, at high risk of re-offending. A jury quickly decided Allen ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — A man convicted and sentenced for a series of rapes will not be released back into society. Between December 1998 and January 1999, 53-year-old Bobby Allen broke into four ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A man was deemed a sexually violent predator by a jury in a civil trial after completing a 25-year sentence for a series of rapes in 1998 and 1999, State Attorney Larry ...

Carolyn Green remembers the last time she saw her coworker and close friend Janet Acosta more than two decades ago. Acosta was wearing a new outfit — a purple sweater, blue jeans and boots — when she ...