PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A Tampa businessman who owns a St. Petersburg Mobil gas station located at 101 34th Street, South, has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Umar Farooq was working the counter of his gas station on September 12 when…
Read More “I’ll shoot and kill your a—” Gas Station Wrong Change Case, Ends in Shooting
PINELLAS PARK, FL. – In this day and age of an abundance of assisted living facilities and nursing homes, it’s difficult to decide where to relocate a loved one who is no longer able to fully take care of themselves. The Free Press – Tampa…
Read More Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living Earns High Marks with Families, Residents
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Arc Tampa Bay, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns a group home for the mentally and developmentally disabled that is located in Clearwater. It is called “The Ranch.” Part of the former “National Association for Retarded People” beginning in 1953,…
Read More ARC of Tampa Bay Sued for “Go to Sleep” Boogeyman Tactics
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Another lawsuit has been filed in the Mark William Ackett “video voyeur” scandal that has rocked Bloomingdale High School in Valrico for the past year. The parent of a 15-year-old daughter who was traumatized by video sex taping that recorded her…
Read More School Board Says “Don’t Sue Us” for Teacher’s Voyeurism on School Grounds
TAMPA, Fla. – A lawsuit from a Seminole Heights elderly woman against her live-in caregiver describes an alleged scenario of how an opportunist exploited a legally vulnerable adult. John Carpenter was hired by Nancy Isereau, property owner and resident of 6004 North Orange Blossom Trail…
Read More Alleged Opportunist Disguised as a Caregiver Sued for Theft, Exploitation
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A Tampa man, who ran over a Pinellas County deputy’s foot as he attempted to escape a traffic stop, is believed to be involved in credit card skimming at gas stations. In a state case against Alejandro Crespo from Tampa, Detective…
Read More Credit Card Skimming Suspect Flees, Runs Over Detectives Foot
LARGO, FL. – On April 7, 2019, two men who were neighbors in Pinellas County Section 8 Housing had a major tiff over a television blasting throughout the day and the middle of the night. Now the beaten victim is suing the Pinellas County Housing…
Read More “Never Did Like that Foreign *&$!” Two Seniors Duke it Out
BRANDON, FL. – A lawsuit alleging the false arrest and imprisonment of a U.S. military veteran over an erroneous charge of grand theft shoplifting depicts the complicated process of determining who is a thief and who isn’t. On July 30, 2019, Lance Roland Faison went…
Read More Florida Best Buy Sued by Military Vet for False ArrestPINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A couple barely into their 30’s recently divorced on June 17, but they’re back in court, and it’s not over the kids. It’s over Penny, a Labrador/Beagle mix dog owned by the ex-husband, former Palm Harbor Primetyme Pizza businessman Tyler Joseph…
Read More Troubled Divorcees Fight Over Dog, Deep Resentments
TAMPA, Fla. – The Free Press recently interviewed one of the most influential Chamber of Commerce leaders in the state. Kelly Flannery, FCCP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce. The Florida Association of Chamber Professionals (FACP) designated Flannery…
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