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Christian Ziegler has been accused of sexual battery, and police are investigating.
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Agencies that have automatically withheld the names of crime victims will likely no longer be able to do so under a Florida Supreme Court ruling released this week.
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Federal prosecutors highlighted two recent armed robberies of mail carriers in Tampa and Temple Terrace.
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Four men are accused in a scheme that compromised construction of cancer treatment center at the St. Petersburg veterans hospital.
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Café Soleil isn’t going far and could reopen by early next year.
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The state’s Republican House delegation was split, with six voting yes and 14 voting no.
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Federal authorities say Zachary Johnson, a member of the Proud Boys organization, will serve three years of supervised release once out of prison.
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It is helmed by chef Ted Dorsey and serves coastal cuisine.
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