A now-31-year-old man from the Tampa Bay area claimed to be 16 when he began an online relationship with a then-14-year-old girl from Miami-Dade County back in 2020, culminating in three sexual encounters with the still-underage girl three years later in South Florida, according to police.

Authorities say a Florida man has died after exiting a moving car on a busy interstate highway near Tampa.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Mainlands Community Club House in Pinellas Park.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Florida man is dead after crashing while racing his friend at a closed go-kart track. Pinellas Park police say Jesse Outlaw was trespassing when he crashed the gas-powered go-kart into a guard rail. The Tampa Bay Times reports Outlaw wasnt wearing a helmet when he crashed late Thursday. The go-kart wasnt equipped with a safety harness. Showtime Speedway owner Robert Yoho said Outlaw was caught on a security camera trespassing two weeks earlierCopyright 2019 The Associated Press.