When friends and family of a Jupiter, Florida, mother began receiving texts revealing she had a serious case of coronavirus, they grew worried. But Gretchen Anthony hadn t talked to anyone and wasn t answering her phone. Was she really sending the text messages? Or was someone using COVID-19 to cover up her disappearance?
It was March 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic was stretching across the country. This case really hit differently, says Chrichet Mixon, an assistant state attorney for Palm Beach County. I mean, we are talking about someone who is a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend.
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Two wounded in shooting at Diamond Dolls strip club in Clearwater
A mother and daughter were struck by fragments after a woman opened fire at Diamond Dolls, deputies said.
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Two people were injured early Friday when someone involved in an altercation at the Diamond Dolls strip club opened fire, deputies said. [ Photo illustration by ASHLEY DYE and LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
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CLEARWATER â Two people were wounded in a shooting at the Diamond Dolls strip club early Friday, deputies said.
Deputies responded to a shooting call at the club at 16361 U.S. Highway 19 about 3 a.m. and found two people with minor injuries according to the Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office. Deputies identified them as 23-year-old Tayler Bibb and her mother Melissa Bibb, 47.
The man and his current girlfriend were both arrested.
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Anthony Bates and Alycia Ruiz mugshots Author: 10 Tampa Bay Updated: 1:27 PM EDT May 7, 2021
CLEARWATER, Fla. Two people were hospitalized and two others arrested after a shooting early Friday morning at a gentlemen s club in unincorporated Clearwater.
The Pinellas County Sheriff s Office said it happened around 3 a.m. at the Diamond Dolls club on US-19.
According to the sheriff s office, a 30-year-old man and his current girlfriend were at the club when his ex-girlfriend and the ex s mother showed up. Investigators say there was an argument between the girlfriend and ex-girlfriend, which spilled out into the rear parking lot.
Disturbing anti-Semitic flyers circulating in St. Pete, local leaders warn
Anti-Semitic flyers found in St. Pete
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. â Local leaders are warning residents about anti-Semitic flyers circulating in two St. Petersburg neighborhoods.
âSt. Pete is not going to stand for racism, for anti-Semitism, for this type of hate-filled action,â said city councilwoman Darden Rice.
Rice says residents came forward to report the âdisturbingâ flyers this week that were found in the Historic Uptown neighborhood and along the cityâs iconic Beach Drive.
âIt was a very paranoid flyer,â said Rice. âIt basically made Jewish people the extreme of anything and logically you canât be the extreme of both ends of the spectrum.â
59-year-old Gregory Thompson has been charged nearly 22 years later for armed sexual battery.
Credit: Pinellas County Sheriff s Office Author: 10 Tampa Bay Updated: 2:28 PM EDT May 5, 2021
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. Additional DNA testing has led to the Pinellas County Sheriff s Office arresting the man they say was responsible for a 1999 armed sexual battery.
Detectives with the Robbery/Homicide Unit say on the morning of November 15, nearly 22 years ago, 59-year-old Gregory Thompson entered the unlocked home of a woman in Dunedin and hid inside.
Investigators say the woman left the home for a short period of time but later returned and was attacked and threatened with a knife by Thompson.