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1. A downtown Clearwater shop owner is putting up a sign that states, “Notice: this is one of the only spas in downtown Clearwater not owned by a Scientologist," sparking plenty of conversation and debate. 2. A Clearwater man owns a baseball signed by 10 presidents and one famous first lady, and now he's seeking President Barack Obama's autograph. Tom Cooney, who is deaf, hopes he can be an inspiration to all. 3. You've got to see this photo: A pickup truck somehow ran up a pole on Gulf to Bay Boulevard late Tuesday afternoon just before rush hour. 4. A Clearwater High student is charged with bringing a gun and ammunition to school, causing a brief lockdown. A second student was also later charged in connection to the case. 5. The suspect …
A Tampa man confessed to punching a soccer ref in the head during a July match in Clearwater and fleeing.
Clearwater Police have arrested and charged a Tampa man who they say punched a soccer referee in the head during a July match and fled. Ramon Mitchell, 25, was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on Thursday on a felony battery charge after confessing to the crime, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Authorities originally were looking for two men in connection to the attack, which happened during a club soccer game at Joe DiMaggio Fields. They revised the names of the suspects after they believed they were provided with false names. "There was a lot of confusion," Clearwater spokeswoman Joelle Castelli told the Times. "There was a language barrier." Castelli told the newspaper Mitchell is the only suspect in the assault, in which referee Rafael…
The players were upset over a call and punched the referee in the back of the head before fleeing in a white Mercedes, according to Clearwater Police.
Update, July 23: The individuals believed to be involved in Sunday's attack on a soccer referee were misidentified after false names were provided to the authorities, Clearwater Police said Sunday night. Timothy Kerr, 31, and Dale Lewis, 33, are being sought by police after they allegedly assaulted a referee over a call during a club soccer game at Joe DiMaggio Fields. Authorities had been originally looking for two men named Ramone Mitchell and Omar Anderson in a white Mercedes. The soccer league's rules require players to show an ID card, police said, but because the suspects provided false league cards, the league and teammates had inaccurate names for the players. "At one point in the search for the suspects, police pulled over a white…
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