USF students partner with the homeless to lend tutoring, hope
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Posted: Nov 11, 2011 12:35 PM
TAMPA — The University of South Florida student and the homeless Haitian immigrant sat on opposite sides of the desk, working together on a geometry problem.
The young Haitian woman, who says her mother brought her to the United States at age 16 and tried to force her into prostitution, was struggling with the math section of her ACT test prep book.
The USF student, a physics major who hopes to become a researcher, showed her how to use a trigonometry law to find the length of the side of a triangle.
And for a moment, they were both just students with few differences between them.
“We all deal with the stress of preparing for a test,” said Courtney Halpin, 21, one of about a dozen USF students volunteering in a new partnership with the Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Program through Hillsborough Kids Inc. The nonprofit agency oversees the care of abused and neglected children in the county.

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Yet Mikhael and some other business owners along this commercial strip of fast food places, mom-and-pop retailers and cheap motels stopped short of praising the city’s firm hand.
They wonder what will happen to the property, at 451 34th St. North, after the tenants leave and the motel is empty.
“This area doesn’t change, and the people don’t leave. They just bounce from one motel to the next,” said Mikhael, who has operated his filling station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, since 1991.
“You think that property looks bad now?” he said gesturing toward the motel, surrounded by broken fencing. “Let me tell you what will happen when it closes. There will be pimps, drug users, prostitutes breaking in and using the building. It will be insane.”

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The subject of Divine Intervention first popped into my head following Tebow’s initial throw — a short pass that absolutely, positively should have been transformed by Miami into a pick six. Somehow, though, the toss escaped the grasp of a Dolphins defender and fell harmlessly to the turf. Why? How? Earthly reasoning failed me. Clearly, an Unseen Hand had intervened, momentarily covering the eyes of the nearest man in teal.
Not that Our Heavenly Father made things easy on Timmy — aside from manipulating circumstances to allow Tebow to make his 2011-2012 season debut against a terrible team with a backup quarterback (Matt Moore) under center, at a stadium where he’d achieved great success, during a week when the home team was hosting a tribute to the 2008 Florida Gators he’d helmed to a national championship. Twice during the first half, the Broncos had a chance to put points on the board. But somehow, field goal kicker Matt Prater — perhaps being punished for sins committed while visiting Shotgun Willie’s strip club — turned boots well within his range into embarrassing misses. What should have been a 6-6 halftime tie wound up being a 6-0 Dolphins lead.

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Georgia Roberts, 45, is scheduled to spend Christmas and the New Year in the Seminole County lockup after pleading no contest to aggravated stalking.
According to records, she was sentenced to three months behind bars and five years probation. Among her conditions of release, she must pay a Web specialist to wipe out false allegations she made on a blog about the neighbors. She was accused of making life miserable for the family across the street since 2007.
“Kristi has no comment and neither do I,” said Krueger’s husband, Todd Templin. “It is what it is.”
It all started when she claimed neighbor Randy Fuhrman had sex with her and lied about it to his wife, Jennifer.
Roberts harassed the Fuhrmans at work, at school, at church and at the supermarket. She even sent strippers to their house. They moved twice to avoid Roberts, but she’d pop up nearby in no time.

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MADEIRA BEACH In a surprise move, the Madeira Beach City Commission voted unanimously not to pass a nuisance abatement law that had been touted as the solution to a troubled neighborhoods crime and code enforcement problems.
The ordinance, which would significantly cut down the time period needed to deal with code enforcement cases and levy heavy fines for noncompliance, had been seen by City Attorney Thomas Trask as solving every issue raised by the residents.
However, residents of the neighborhood surrounding 145th Avenue have remained unconvinced.
The commission has held several meetings on the nuisance law, including a special session on Oct. 24 specifically devoted to hearing citizens comments. At that meeting, Trask said changes had been made to deal with criminal activity. He named drug and gang activity, prostitution, and stolen property. The ordinance also reduced the wait time before removal of an inoperable vehicle from 10 days to 3.

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ST PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg police have arrested a man who they say sexually assaulted a 19-year-old girl Thursday morning.
Police took into custody John Charles Ross Andrews, and detectives strongly believe he is behind another sexual assault that happened in September.
Police said the victim was walking home from the Walmart along 34th Street South at around 5:30 a.m.
Near the area of 38th Avenue South at 38th Street, authorities said Andrews got off his bike, grabbed the victim, pulled her into some bushes and sexually assaulted her.
According to authorities, the victim remembered seeing her attacker go inside the Walmart. She identified Andrews through the store’s surveillance video. Police later found the 27-year-old riding his bike along 20th Avenue South and took him into custody.
While police were taking Andrews away, he claimed the teen was a prostitute and he gave her $15.

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Michael Bloise, formerly of South Beach’s four-star Wish restaurant, has just opened the inexpensive American Noodle Bar where patrons can choose among ingredients like brown sugar ginger sauce and braised oxtail. MiMo also boasts several sushi restaurants, and the Greek Anise Waterfront Taverna, just off Biscayne at 78th Street. Hungering for crepes? There’s Le Cafe Bistro, tucked into the corner of a strip mall at 73rd Street, which doubles as a gallery with live music.
Around the corner on 79th Street, at the gay- (and everyone-) friendly Magnum Lounge, it doesn’t take much for customers to gather around the piano for show tunes.
Then there’s Red Light, a hip eatery at 7700 Biscayne Blvd., archly named for the neighborhood’s late night — and early morning — inhabitants. New Orleans’ chef Kris Wessel uses local ingredients to whip up dishes like citrus steamed mussels, green tomatoes and crunchy plantain chips. The riverside locale offers patrons rare city views of old Miami nature, as well as a glimpse of the neighborhood’s remaining corner strip club … just like old times.

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Ynot’s Death: The Police Report
?Riptide is the first outlet to get its hands on the Davie Police arrest report of Reynaldo Rodriguez, the driver charged with vehicular homicide in the death of prolific graffiti and tattoo artist Jonathan “Ynot” Corso. The document finally sheds some light on the events of that night, the identities of the other people involved, and the investigation that followed.
Cops believe that the fatal exchange on the morning of July 28 started after 21-year-old Corso– accompanied by friends identified as Jose Campos, Jonathan Olsen and Alexander Vahan– exited Davie’s Club Eden strip club and began getting into two vehicles.
Francisco Chollet, who cops believe sparked the deadly confrontation, has not been charged with a crime.?That’s when the Cadillac Escalade, driven by Francisco Chollet– we’ll publish more information on him on Friday– with Reynaldo Rodriguez in the passenger seat, pulled up near Corso.

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About 1965, the club started selling Christmas trees, which today is still its primary fundraiser on 113th Street, a few feet north of the Seminole Chamber of Commerce.
We used to sell 1,200 to 1,500 trees each year, said Mohney. This year were down to 300. We need to sell between $15,000 and $18,000 worth of trees before we break even. After that, it all goes back into the community.
Mohney said the club is the countys largest donor of Pinellas Education Foundation Doorway Scholarships for low-income students.
Other projects supported by the club are Horses for Handicapped, a program to give handicapped children an opportunity to ride horses; Every Child a Swimmer, a swim instruction program; a wheelchair escort service Sundays at Bay Pines VA Healthcare, Pinellas Village, dolls for kids at All Childrens Hospital and a teen parenting curriculum at Pinellas Technical Education Center in Clearwater.

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Suspect arrested in death outside Davie club
Reynaldo Rodriguez, 32, is charged in the death of Jonathan P. Corso (Photo courtesy Broward Sheriff’s Office / December 23, 2010)
A Deerfield Beach man has been arrested and charged with running over and killing a 21-year-old man with an SUV during a fight outside a Davie strip club five months ago.
Reynaldo Rodriguez, 32, turned himself in at the Broward Main Jail on Wednesday. He was charged with one count of vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony.
Rodriguez is the suspect in the July 28 death of Jonathan P. Corso, a Davie man whose friends called him “Ynot” and the “King of 95″ for the graffiti he painted across South Florida.
Rodriguez was freed on $2,500 bail Thursday morning. If convicted, he will face up to 15 years in prison.

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… But Mama, I can’t help it. I just feel so right when I’m with the monkeys.”
“Ain’t no son of mine gonna pretend to be a Got Dang monkey. I tell you one thing. You walk out this den right now and you ain’t never welcome back.”
“Mama, I gotta go. It’s the only way for me to be happy.”
“Oh, you gonna leave me too, huh? Just like your daddy when he went away with that opossum he meet behind the strip club? Or your brother who got involved with the wrong crowd and caught the rabies? Or your sister who’s down in Homestead living in a trailer park dumpster and won’t even let me come visit the grandbabies? You’re gonna kill me Rocky if you walk out this den. You gonna kill your mama.”

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And I’m hearing very strange stories about Rothstein and his law partners. We had heard there were prostitutes all over the place, but more recently we learned that one of RRA’s honchos was so cavalier that he wrote personal checks to several prostitutes. The same partner also once bought two high-end ladies’ watches with the Ponzi proceeds, one going to his wife as an anniversary gift, the other to a prostitute.
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CARDINALS: Arizona has placed quarterback Max Hall on injured reserve and signed former Washington Redskins third-stringer Richard Bartel. Hall, an undrafted rookie out of BYU who started twice earlier this season, dislocated his left shoulder after relieving starter Derek Anderson in Sunday’s 19-6 loss to St. Louis. Arizona third-string quarterback John Skelton finished the game and could start on Sunday against Denver.
TAYLOR UPDATE: A judge has agreed to hear claims by retired pro football great Lawrence Taylor that statements he made when he was arrested on a rape charge should be excluded from his trial. Rockland County prosecutors disclosed Tuesday that the judge granted part of a motion filed by Taylor’s attorney. The defense attorney said Taylor’s statements were inadmissible because police did not have a warrant when they arrested him. The former NFL MVP is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute in a suburban New York hotel room. He has pleaded not guilty to third-degree rape and other charges.

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With Party  Down, Spartacus, and Head Case already carrying the Starz original programming banner, Magic City will take the period-piece lead of Boardwalk Empire and borrow a page from Showtime’s Dexter, which similarly focuses on the mean streets of Miami.
According to executive producer Mitch Glazer, Magic City revolves around Miramar Hotel boss Ike Evans, whose entanglements with mobsters and even some within his own family complicate a life already dramatized by Miami “dopers, dealers, strippers, gangsters and those who arrest them.” Some TV critics, naturally, already doubt whether a period piece invested so heavily in the Miami nightclub scene can result in a winner for Starz. But if Boardwalk Empire, HBO’s hit series set in Prohibition era Atlantic City, can enthrall audiences, the prevailing logic at Starz is that a show like Magic City can too.

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