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Born to Arcadia, Florida, natives Louise and Clifford Ray, the family was exiled from Arcadia as community members feared contracting the disease. Memorial Elementary School, in DeSoto County, would not allow them to attend school due to their diagnosis. In March 1987, they moved to Bay Minette, Alabama, to stay with Louise's mother. The ...
He filed a lawsuit against DeSoto County for his wrongful prosecution, [12] and settled for $150,000. [1] On August 25, 2008, after his legal claims had been rejected based upon the precedent of "prosecutorial immunity", Richardson filed a claim under Florida's wrongful conviction compensation law, which provides compensation for wrongful ...
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally hitting an 8-month-old baby with his car after he allegedly left the child on the road following an argument with a female passenger. On ...
Arcadia is a city and county seat of DeSoto County, Florida, United States. Arcadia's Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Its population was 7,420 as of the 2020 census, down from 7,637 at the 2010 census.
The death by suicide of a Florida woman triggered a wellness check on her 5-year-old twins, whose lifeless bodies were discovered Friday at home in an apparent homicide.
On April 13, 2022, at exactly 6:09 p.m., a child welfare investigator assigned to the case of Miami mother Odette Joassaint entered a benign-sounding note into the Florida Department of Children ...
DeSoto County is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,976. [1] Its county seat is Arcadia. [2] DeSoto County comprises the Arcadia, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the North Port-Bradenton, Florida Combined Statistical Area.
Gov. Ron DeSantis made the pitch and two Republican lawmakers followed through with legislation to impose the death penalty for sexual abuse of young children.