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Plant City Police Details Motorcycle Crash

posted on 12/1/2008 1:47:00 PM
Plant City Police Details Motorcycle Crash
Plant City police Officer Chad Rader was traveling 37 mph on a motorcycle before he crashed into metal bleachers last month, injuring himself and three others, including the police chief. That's according to a crash report released Monday in compliance with a public records request by the St. Petersburg Times.
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8 Charged As Adults In Beating Case

posted on 4/11/2008 1:36:00 AM
8 Charged As Adults In Beating Case
Prosecutors raised the stakes in the videotaped beating of a Lakeland girl with their decision Thursday to try eight teenage defendants as adults and with crimes that include kidnapping. The defendants, one as young as 14, now face a penalty of up to life in prison. The mother of one of the suspects said she can't understand the prosecutors' decision. "Look at their ages, they're not adults," said Christina Garcia, the mother of Mercades Nichols. "They still have a teenage mentality." All ei...
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Suit Aggravated Investor's Woes

posted on 12/17/2007 12:15:00 PM
Suit Aggravated Investor's Woes
Doug Maclean said his disappointment after the failed attempt by Absolute Hockey Enterprises to buy the Lightning was bad enough. But to be involved in a lawsuit against one of his former partners, well, that is something he does not wish to be part of again. "It wasn't a very comfortable thing," said Maclean, who along with Jeff Sherrin sued Hollywood producer Oren Koules for allegedly defaulting on his part of a scheduled payment to the Lightning and trying to arrange his own deal with tea...
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Big Step Toward Sale

posted on 12/12/2007 5:35:00 PM
Big Step Toward Sale
A lawsuit is settled, positioning Oren Koules to pursue his plans to buy the Lightning. Oren Koules wants to be the next owner of the lightning. The path was cleared early Tuesday morning, when a financial settlement was reached in the lawsuit brought against Koules by two former partners in a failed attempt to buy the team. Koules, the producer of the Saw horror films, was not available for comment. But in a statement, the head of OK Hockey, which also includes Koules' business partner Mark ...
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Settlement Reached In Lightning Lawsuit

posted on 12/11/2007 1:29:00 AM
Settlement Reached In Lightning Lawsuit
A potential road block to the selling of the Tampa Bay Lightning has been cleared and the path toward a new ownership group has opened back up. After agreeing to buy-out his potential partners from a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money likely in the seven-digit category, Hollywood movie producer Oren Koules is now free to pursue a new deal to buy the team from Palace Sports and Entertainment. There is no time-table, but negotiations are expected to begin soon between Koules and Palace S...
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Progress Made In Lawsuit Meeting

posted on 12/10/2007 7:05:00 PM
Progress Made In Lawsuit Meeting
Some headway apparently is being made to resolve a lawsuit involving potential buyers of the Lightning. A meeting was held in New York on Monday with league officials, including NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, representatives from Palace Sports and Entertainment - including CEO Tom Wilson - along with the two sides involved in the lawsuit, Absolute Hockey Enterprises and Oren Koules and their respective attorneys. Enough headway apparently was made during discussions that the parties have agree...
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Similar Offer For Bolts Unlikely

posted on 11/28/2007 6:49:00 PM
Similar Offer For Bolts Unlikely
It was a sweet deal that will be hard to duplicate, experts say, although hope remains that the warring parties might resolve their differences. The $200 million sale of the Tampa Bay Lightning fell through because of a dispute between the buyers that surfaced in court records this week. Finding another suitor won't be difficult, but the likelihood of getting a similar offer for a team in the struggling National Hockey League is slim, said Andrew Zimbalist, a professor of sports business at Sm...
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City Attorney OK With Dingfelder Role In Lightning Suit

posted on 11/28/2007 1:37:00 AM
City Attorney OK With Dingfelder Role In Lightning Suit
John Dingfelder's tiny law firm just landed a big case: the Tampa Bay Lightning lawsuit. But does that present a conflict of interest for the city councilman, considering that the city has a financial relationship with the current hockey team owners? City Attorney David Smith says no. "It has nothing to do with the city," Smith said. "He's just acting as a lawyer for someone who is trying to enforce a contractual provision. There's nothing that's going to come before council." Real estate de...
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Wilson: No Talk Of Solo Sale

posted on 11/27/2007 7:10:00 PM
Wilson: No Talk Of Solo Sale
One of the most dramatic accusations in the lawsuit that has splintered the investment group trying to buy the Lightning includes backstabbing and betrayal. In the suit filed Monday, Jeff Sherrin and Doug Maclean allege Oren Koules "directly or indirectly" interfered with their relationship with Lightning owner Palace Sports & Entertainment to forge his own transaction with the company. On Tuesday, Palace Sports' CEO, Tom Wilson, said those conversations never happened. "No," he said by phone...
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Lightning Sale On Ice

posted on 11/26/2007 7:34:00 PM
Lightning Sale On Ice
Three months after it was announced with fanfare at the St. Pete Times Forum, a $200-million deal to sell the Tampa Bay Lightning has fallen through. On Nov. 14, team owner Palace Sports & Entertainment terminated a purchase agreement with Absolute Hockey Enterprises. A rift among the buyers left them unable to make a $5-million payment due Palace Sports by Nov. 12. "We concluded that it does not appear that purchasers will consummate the transaction in accordance with the terms and conditions...
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