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Florida’s infants, considered newborn to one year of age, are suffering from alleged medical malpractice at a rate approximately 30 percent higher than the rest of the nation, according to a recent study by Justpoint, Inc., located in New York. The study also indicates Florida’s…
Read More AI Study Shows Florida Leads the Nation in Infant and Child Medical Malpractice
TAMPA, Fla. – It was 1:00 a.m. on July 17, 2020, when Tampa Police Officer Corporal S. Mazza hit the pavement of I-275 West at 60 miles per hour from the Busch Boulevard entrance ramp. A gray Mazda CX-5 sport utility vehicle whizzed by him…
Read More ‘100-Miles Per Hour’ Tampa DUI Case Heads to Court
RUSKIN, Fla. – A Kentucky family has been sued by a land title company for allegedly conspiring and committing fraud, theft, and conversion to purchase a home in Ruskin, Florida. The alleged illegally purchased home located at 7302 Somerset Pond Drive boasts a price tag…
Read More ‘My House Burned Down and My Daughter Died’ Family Fraud and Conspiracy
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A lawsuit has been brought against the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office due to alleged permanent physical injury to a ten-year-old female student that occurred while she was at school at Lopez Elementary in Seffner. The alleged injuries were caused by a…
Read More Lawsuit Filed in 2018 Lopez Elementary School Pepper Spray Incident
CLEARWATER, Fla. – 86-year-old Iracema Drysdale, who suffers from disabling infirmities of old age, complained to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office on numerous occasions that her grandson, Tyler Christian Mayoral, had been stealing her monies and leaving her vulnerable. One day she awoke to no…
Read More ‘Spending Spree On Gucci’ Grandson Caretaker Sticks Grandma With The Bill
TAMPA, Fla. – Legal tremors are expected in Tampa’s music radio industry now that well-known nightclub DJ, Erik Mishiyev – also known as “DJ Short-E” – has sued WiLD 94.1’s Orlando Davis, a popular radio personality who also serves as program director. Beasley Media Group…
Read More “I’m the Reason DJ Short-E Ain’t Made It” Radio Host Orlando Davis of WiLD 94.1 Sued
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has issued a search warrant to identify a person who recently coerced a ten-year-old boy to pose nude on Facetime. The internet predator crime occurred between July 20 and August 25, according to the search warrant’s…
Read More Hillsborough County Boy Sextorted Online, FBI Warns Parents
TAMPA, Fla. – Well-known Tampa attorney, Dennis Hernandez, has dropped another lawsuit against former employee Mina Boutsomsi who served as a marketing representative and settlement paralegal. The Free Press reported on the lawsuit in September, indicating Hernandez sued for $1 Million in damages due to…
Read More Dennis Hernandez Drops Lawsuit on Former Employee
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A Pinellas County inmate, and sexual predator, has filed a personal health and hygiene complaint against Pinellas County Sheriff Robert Gualtieri, who oversees the Pinellas County Jail system. Mark Steven Burrow, 68, from St. Petersburg, has filed a civil action against…
Read More ‘It’s Not Sanitary’ Jailed Sex Predator Files Complaint Against Pinellas County Sheriff
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A Pinellas County jail inmate has filed a personal health and hygiene lawsuit against the State of Florida. Robert Eugene Greathouse, 62, from St. Petersburg, was jailed in July 2018 for committing sexual battery and failing to register as a sex…
Read More Pinellas County Jailed Sex Offender Sues State For ‘Health and Hygiene’ Complaints