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Natural fast-food chain Evos faces healthy judgment on defaulted loan

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Evos, the Tampa-based fast-food restaurant chain, is being accused of defaulting on a $100K loan. Founded in 1994, Evos Holdings LLC advertises its restaurants as a healthy alternative to typical burger joints. The environmentally-conscious company, headquartered at 609 S. Howard Ave., seeks to make customers feel good about the food they are eating, with natural, organic and fair trade ingredients. On December 1, 2012, Evos Holdings borrowed $100,000 from Steven Marx of 5104 S. Westshore Blvd. in Tampa. In a lawsuit…

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Insurance company sues Tampa ‘entrepreneur of the year’ for unpaid workers’ comp premiums

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A Tampa businesswoman faces trouble with her California insurance company, which claims she owes $627K in workers’ compensation premiums. VHU Express is a courier company owned by Lisa Dianne Bythewood, 48, and Dr. Craig Bythewood, 49. The couple married in 2008. VHU grew substantially after it contracted with Amazon.com to deliver packages in South Florida, Boston and other regions. San Diego-based Insurance Company of the West is a subsidiary of ICW Group, which says it is the “largest group of…

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Racial hate forces homebuyers to cancel Davis Islands deal, owner refuses refund

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A married couple of Indian descent, looking to buy a Davis Islands home last year, canceled the deal after angry neighbors hurled violent racial epithets. Now the homeowners are refusing to refund a $30K good faith deposit. Kaderbhai Ali Asgar, also known as Ali Asgar Kaderbhai, is a 52-year-old Tampa resident who works as an engineering intern and secretary for A-One Engineering & Consultants. Asgar’s wife, Sehera Ali Asgar, 49, is A-One’s manager. Herbert Roy “Herb” Donica is a 63-year-old…

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Maximo Elementary principal sued by employee fired after reporting abuse

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A principal assigned to improve one of Pinellas County’s infamous “failure factories” is being sued by a co-worker who reported a student assault, and was fired for her trouble. Lakisha Falana, 42, is principal of Maximo Elementary School, which she took over after the school received three consecutive “F” grades. Falana was previously principal at Tarpon Springs Elementary before she took over the Maximo job in 2014. Emily Marie Vaultonburg, a 35-year-old St. Petersburg resident, served as a behavior specialist…

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Tampa recycler blames firm for mislabeling 4 million lbs. of medical waste

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A Tampa recycler is accusing a waste disposal company of mislabeling millions of pounds of medical waste – including bloody bandages and fluid bags – leading it to be incorrectly treated as recyclables. Stericycle is an Illinois-based medical waste disposal company operating in 23 countries with revenues of $2.655-billion for fiscal year 2016. A&M Metals is a scrap yard and recycling facility located at 4902 S. 50th St. In Tampa. Alexander Gregory and Larry Gregory are listed as managing member and authorized…

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Steak N Shake blamed for rape of co-worker, ignoring abundant ‘red flags’

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A Steak N Shake employee raped by a co-worker in 2013 is suing her employer for failing to act, despite several warnings of the attacker’s behavior. In early 2013, police arrested Largo resident Raheem Willis Bell, then 21, for forcibly removing the pants of a 17-year-old girl and raping her Jan. 11 behind the Target store at 4450 Park St. N in St. Petersburg. According to a Seminole Beacon article on the rape, Bell had a prior arrest in March…

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Ex-NFL star sues Lutz bar over son’s drunk driving death

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Ex-football star Brian Holloway is suing a Lutz bar for the wrongful death of his son. Holloway and Bette McKenzie, parents of Max Holloway, 26 when he died last year, claim that Panini’s Bar and Grill in Lutz knew Max was an alcoholic. Per Florida law, when someone knowingly serves a habitual drinker alcohol, they could be held liable for injuries or damages caused by the drunken person.  Max was a regular at Panini’s. On Oct. 26, 2016, he spent…

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