Uthmeier has been stepping up statewide investigations into suspected child sexual offenders in recent months.

Top Stories from Dec. 15, 2025 ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A registered sex offender in Escambia County has been arrested ...

Clay County deputies arrested a convicted sexual predator for living within 1,000 feet of a Middleburg school. Deputies say 39-year-old James Watson was living in a home 650 feet away from Wilkinson ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — In an October operation, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Corrections arrested 32 sex offenders and predators for violations. This follows the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A sex offender who was convicted in Pinellas County was arrested in Indiana on Thursday after staging his own death and evading law enforcement for 16 years. According to a ...

Gary W. Howard The U.S. Marshals announced arresting Gary W. Howard, a Florida sex offender who had absconded and was hiding in Indiana. Gary W. Howard, a designated sex offender for life in Florida, ...

Mohamed Kamal Mesregah, a former doctor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, was arrested in Florida following a sting operation that focused on child predators. Mesregah, 38, and five ...

A Florida creep, who faked his own death to escape arrest and evade police for nearly 16 years, was found living in Indiana, telling law enforcement he hoped to have died before he was captured. Gary ...

A New Jersey pastor accused of sexually assaulting a minor in Pennsylvania has been arrested following a police investigation ...

Featured video: Crash kills Tampa 6-year-old; Hillsborough deputy shoots man | Tampa Bay headlines TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A sex offender who was convicted in Pinellas County was arrested in Indiana on ...