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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Alleged Manatee Rider Arrested

Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez was arrested Nov. 24 and charged in connection with an illegal ride on a manatee at Fort De Soto Park in late September.

A woman accused of riding a manatee was arrested Nov. 24 and charged with violating the Manatee Sanctuary Act. Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez, 53, had been photographed sitting on and riding a manatee in Fort De Soto Park on Sept. 30. After her picture had been published by media sources, Gutierrez turned herself in to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 2. Her charges were then forwarded to the State Attorney's Office. The State Attorney's Office issued a warrant for her arrest on Saturday, Nov. 24, and she was arrested that day at her place of employment at the Sears in Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg. Gutierrez had claimed to be new to the area and didn't realize touching manatees was illegal at the time she turned herself in…

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Get a life

12:28 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013

Riding a 500 animal is not animal cruelty, or riding a horse would be considered animal cruelty.   more ›

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Detectives: Dunedin Man Had Sex With Four Girls Younger Than 12

Darrell B. Lawson is accused of having sex with girls who were in his care, and he may have other victims, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

A Dunedin man had sex with four girls younger than 12 who were in his care, and he may have other victims, detectives said Tuesday. Darrell B. Lawson, 39, faces six counts of capital sexual battery on a child under 12, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. Two of the victims told an aunt that Lawson "engaged both of them in sexual activity" from the time they were 6 to 9 years old, detectives said. The girls are now 11 and 12. The sheriff's office began investigating last month after the alleged crimes were reported. Detectives later found that Lawson allegedly had sex with another victim between 1995 and 1996, when she was 10 years old, and with a fourth victim, from 2004-07, when she was between the ages of 11 and 14. And …

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Family Friend

10:25 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012

Florida Gal you are sick he has been involved with our family for 11 years his Dad is one of the little girls Grandfathers,which makes him thier Uncle, that makes it his own Family to beat!!!!! Now HOW SICK IS THAT!!!!!! If you love a man like that you are just as sick he not only did this to girls but he did it to BOYS TOO   more ›

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