Let Our Children Go: Florida Roundup Edition

Florida Roundup Edition Links:
1.)

Biological parents want answers after Tampa Bay foster dad pleads guilty to sex crime charges

"He has now pleaded guilty to the seven charges that include sexual battery, lewd, lascivious molestation and selling obscene material to a minor."

https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/biological-parents-want-answers-after-tampa-bay-foster-dad-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crime-charges/

2.)

Mother of child who died in foster care angered by alleged causes that contradict each other

"Willard said she is planning a civil lawsuit hoping to hold the state 'accountable' for taking Chance from her.

'They took my baby wrongfully from me,' she said. 'If he had been with me, none of this would’ve happened. None of it.' "

https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/mother-of-child-who-died-in-foster-care-angered-by-alleged-causes-that-contradict-each-other/

3.)

"A former Pasco County child protective investigator who allegedly falsified reports has been arrested..."

"Lewis worked with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office from January 2016 to her resignation in March 2021"

https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-county/ex-pasco-county-child-protective-investigator-accused-of-falsifying-reports/

4.)

"As the sheriff’s office investigated Escoto’s alleged criminal behavior, they also discovered that another man was also using the Sniffies app to solicit sex from a child in exchange for money.

Deputies said they identified the suspect as Joel Lutz, 38, who lives in Pasco County as a registered foster parent."

https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/hillsborough-deputies-arrest-youth-pastor-foster-parent-accused-of-human-trafficking/

5.)

From 12/2021

"Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri in November announced a criminal investigation into Eckerd Connects after a child was injured and another overdosed at an unlicensed Largo office where foster children that the agency could not place slept in 'deplorable conditions.' "

"Pinellas and Hillsborough are among the seven Florida counties where child protective investigators — a role performed by civilians — are trained and supervised by a sheriff’s office rather than the Florida Department of Children and Families. Critics have long questioned whether those investigators are more prone to remove children in borderline cases when they could have remained home with regular monitoring and additional social services."

https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2021/12/21/while-sheriff-blasted-foster-agency-his-investigators-removed-children-at-a-higher-rate-than-any-other-county/

6.)

Click on Florida

https://eckerd.org/service-locations/

7.)

9 Boys Removed from Foster Care Home in Florida

"A foster care home in Clearwater has been shut down...

Police said the home was shut down because of a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual nature"

https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/9-boys-removed-from-clearwater-foster-care-home-police-say/

8.)

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"The Logemanns obtained attorneys with Escobar and Associates shortly after Clearwater Police removed nine boys from their home...The investigation was closed in April after the police chief said they could not corroborate claims of criminal conduct."

https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/20-foster-boys-sue-clearwater-foster-home-dcf-guardian-ad-litem-program/

9.)

"Johnson has been a foster parent of 20 different kids since 2019"

"Detectives believe some of those children may be the victims in the videos"

"Five foster kids...were living in Johnson’s home...when the investigation started..."

https://www.wesh.com/article/sanford-suspect-fostered-dozens-thousands-child-porn-images/39211034#

10.)

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"Blanca Trinidad never imagined the state would take custody of her children until after a disagreement with her oldest spun out of control."

https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/shouldve-never-taken-them-family-frustrated-by-dcf-turnover-rate-kids-sleeping-in-office/

11.)

"...they allegedly forced their 13-year-old adopted son to live in an 8’x8’ box located in their garage, officials said.

Jupiter police arrested Tracy and Timothy Ferriter after investigators said the child was forced to live in the structure for five years, since he was first adopted."

"In court, the couple's defense attorney that suggested the teen had reactive attachment disorder, a condition where child doesn't form a healthy emotional bond with his or her caretakers, and said the condition may have been a reason why the Ferriters locked the teen up."

https://www.fox13news.com/news/police-florida-parents-locked-adopted-son-in-box-inside-their-garage-for-5-years

12.)

Desantis vets

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/06/22/casey-desantis-launches-program-to-recruit-veterans-to-become-dcf-investigators/

https://www.myflfamilies.com/continue-the-mission

13.)

Meghan

https://original.newsbreak.com/@jenifer-knighton-1592763/2711500528894-a-florida-mother-has-called-on-governor-desantis-for-help-after-her-children-were-wrongfully-removed-by-dcf

14.)

Adoption

https://heartgallerytampa.org/our-kids/jaedynandsibs/

https://www.today.com/parents/dads/florida-dads-adopt-6-siblings-separated-foster-care-system-rcna91193

15.)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-foster-mom-arrested-alleged-illegal-adoption-scheme/story?id=66725980

16.)

https://www.wftv.com/news/9investigates/6-month-old-baby-temporary-foster-care-found-dead-brevard-county-apartment-what-led-up-discovery/CXRPCIEDXZEFZJI4TJUK4HEUSY/

17.)

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/courts/2021/07/24/holly-hill-foster-parent-accused-raping-child-back-jail-chitwood-volusia-sheriff/8068567002/

18.)

https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/florida-foster-care-abuse-tracker/

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/15/flooded-foster-kids-florida-failed-find-safe-homes/3624505001/

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/story-series/2020/12/16/florida-blames-mothers-when-men-batter-them-then-takes-their-children/6507973002/

19.)

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/15/no-one-checks-on-kids-who-previously-lived-with-abusive-foster-parents/5896724002/

20.)

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/florida-man-sentenced-170-years-prison-sexually-abusing-foster-children/MYG7C7J2ERFLVOPSOCQGZXV44U/

21 )

https://meaww.com/foster-mom-lakeisha-mitchell-beat-strangle-minor-girl-death-filmed-assault

22.) Take Care of Maya

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2019/01/27/doctors-suspicion-tears-apart-venice-family/986798007/

https://people.com/take-care-of-maya-munchausen-by-proxy-accusation-maya-kowalski-mom-death-by-suicide-7509016

https://youtu.be/xzAAPNIsxB0

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