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Tampa woman claims false arrest over warrant with wrong name, race

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A Tampa woman claims she was falsely arrested on a Virginia warrant, despite it having the wrong name and race. Pamela Elaine Orellana, a 49-year-old Tampa woman formerly known as Pamela Elaine Mullins, was arrested in Pinellas County in 1996 on a charge of performing a lewd and lascivious act in the presence of a minor under the age of 16. Mullins eventually pleaded “no contest.” Adjudication was withheld, but she was required to register as a sex offender. Since…

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Dunedin woman, center of infamous 1979 kidnapping, now owes lawyer $12.6M

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In 1979, 19-year-old Elizabeth Strother of Dunedin broke into the home of her doctor’s bookkeeper with a friend. At the time, she was high on cocaine and other drugs. The pair threatened the woman with a toy gun, tying her to a bed while they ransacked the woman’s house. They drove the woman’s car to the doctor’s office, used her keys to enter the office, and filled large trash bags with drugs. Police arrived and arrested the two. Strother, now…

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Veteran nonprofit executive sues Tampa YMCA for age discrimination

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A veteran nonprofit executive is suing the Tampa YMCA for age discrimination, saying they have a history of forcing out older individuals to maintain a “younger workforce.” Kathryn Short Rabon, 59, serves as executive director of Suncoast Hospice Foundation, the fundraising arm of Suncoast Hospice. According to a news release, Rabon has a long resume working for several prominent nonprofits, including as CEO of the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce; vice president of development and communications at the Tampa Metropolitan…

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Partners face off over former St. Pete mental health clinic, now a nightclub

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Business partners, who are the joint owners of a South St. Petersburg nightclub once the site of a behavioral health clinic, are going to court over accusations of mismanagement and shady operations. The Porch St. Pete, owned by Blue Oasis LLC, is a bar and nightclub at 1239 4th St. S in St. Petersburg. Porch obtained its liquor license in August 2016, opening sometime soon after that. Half of Blue Oasis is allegedly owned by plaintiff Fulltrot Investments, with the…

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Well-known Tampa Bay chef Jeannie Pierola accused of stiffing seafood wholesaler out of $17K

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One of Tampa’s most respected culinary artists is now facing accusations that she stiffed the bill from a St. Petersburg seafood distributor. Jeannie Pierola, owner of edison: food+drink lab gastropub on W. Kennedy Boulevard in South Tampa, is considered one of the most inventive chefs in the Tampa Bay area. The Tampa Bay Times ranked edison one of 2016’s Top 10 restaurants in the region, and No. 1 in the ‘American Upscale’ category. For 10 years, she served as head chef…

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PSTA, St. Pete cop wrestle over responsibility for a 2014 police cruiser crash

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In 2014, a St. Petersburg Police cruiser collided with a county bus at an intersection in St. Pete Beach. Now the cop and the bus driver are facing off in court over who actually caused the wreck. Jereme John Hayes, 33, was serving as a St. Petersburg police officer at the time. In an October 2013 divorce affidavit, he claimed to earn $4,449 per month, plus overtime. Hayes was driving a police cruiser Jan. 9, 2014, along Gulf Boulevard in…

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Bayfront patient sexually assaults another, may have attacked Tampa man two months earlier

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A woman recovering at St. Pete’s Bayfront Hospital was attacked by a fellow patient with behavioral problems who may have committed another attack in Tampa two months earlier. Judith Conrad was recovering from surgery at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg August 7, 2016, when she says fellow patient David Weber “violently and sexually attacked, assaulted and battered” her. Police arrested David Andrew Weber, 53, a St. Petersburg transient who is listed as residing at the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee, a…

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