By John Conrad
Jan 8, 2021
Tampa, Fl. (Florida News Network)-The Dean of a Palm Harbor Charter School along with his wife, are facing child neglect charges. Pinellas detectives say 38-year-old Adam Thayer and 37-year-old Misty Mitchell-Thayer have been drinking and smoking pot with their 17 year old baby sitter for the past two years. The sheriffs office says the Thayer s poured drinks and smoked marijuana with the sitter on approximately 30 to 40 occasions, and would leave her alone to care for their 7-year-old twin children, while intoxicated .
Adam Thayer is currently the Dean of Students at Pinellas Academy for Math and Science. Pinellas Academy for Math and Science is a charter school and not a traditional public school under the daily control of the Pinellas County School Board.
PALM HARBOR â A 38-year-old Palm Harbor man was arrested at his home about 5:50 p.m. Jan. 7 and his 37-year-old wife was arrested about 3:28 p.m. Jan. 8 in connection with an investigation of child neglect of the coupleâs twins.
Adam Thomas Thayer was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on two counts of child neglect. Bail was set at $10,000. He was released on surety bond about 3:36 a.m. Misty Mitchell-Thayer also was charged with two counts of child neglect. No subject charge report was available.
Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit began an investigation on Dec. 29 after receiving information alleging Misty and Adam Thayer were providing alcohol and marijuana to a 17-year-old female and her friends at their residence in Palm Harbor.
Dwayne Hawkins, Crown Automotive founder and Alabama native, dead at 85
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
It was never the cars that fueled Dwayne Hawkins’ drive for success.
In fact, his sons say their father founder and CEO of Crown Automotive Group, one of the largest automobile dealerships in the southeast wasn’t really much of a gearhead. He favored station wagons over muscle cars.
“We had a Pontiac Safari handle-side wagon we rode around in, which is borderline child abuse,” quipped his son Kevin. “I don’t remember ever seeing a GTO in the driveway. But it wasn’t about the cars. He wanted to accomplish something.”
Dwayne Hawkins, Crown Automotive founder and philanthropist, dead at 85 Anastasia Dawson, Tampa Bay Times
It was never the cars that fueled Dwayne Hawkins’ drive for success.
In fact, his sons say their father founder and CEO of Crown Automotive Group, one of the largest automobile dealerships in the southeast wasn’t really much of a gearhead. He favored station wagons over muscle cars.
“We had a Pontiac Safari handle-side wagon we rode around in, which is borderline child abuse,” quipped his son Kevin. “I don’t remember ever seeing a GTO in the driveway. But it wasn’t about the cars. He wanted to accomplish something.”