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SoHo Restaurant Violations Impact Businesses, Neighbors

Friday, June 20th, 2014, 5:05pm

Tampa, Florida -- A popular South Tampa restaurant, already facing mounting fines for code violations, was also cited for health code violations.

The city says owner Gordon Davis remodeled the CopperFish Grill in the Historic Hyde Park District without approval or proper permits, and its valet parking is also in violation. Fines against the restaurant also increased $2,750 on Friday.

"We get people parking here, maybe he is not following other rules," said neighbor Anneliese Meir.

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Friday, June 20th, 2014, 4:49pm

Hillsborough County, Florida – The case of a missing teen from Valrico and the sex offender she was traveling with is over thanks to a truck stop worker in Louisiana who recognized them from a TV show.

"She was very quiet (and) she never said a word, but whenever I looked up we looked each other dead in the face. I just… it stood out to me after watching that video and that video being fresh in my mind," said Fawn Domingue, who was working at the truck stop near Baton Rouge.

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Thursday, June 19th, 2014, 10:55pm

Tampa, Florida -- It's big and it's bold.

It's called ICON -- a soaring, 72-story steel and glass skyscraper, the brain child of Argentinian architect Juan Carlos Ricardes.

"It will be iconic and show that Tampa is a big player. Just to demonstrate that we are not a small town, that we're in the big leagues now," said Ricardes.

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Thursday, June 19th, 2014, 10:38pm

Tampa, Florida -- A popular South Howard restaurant is in hot water with the City of Tampa. CopperFish restaurant has racked up nearly $800,000 in fines for violations.

Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn and CopperFish owner Gordon Davis smiled for the cameras at an event at the restaurant Thursday night. They were celebrating the success of the businesses along SoHo's restaurant row. Behind the scenes, the city and the seafood grill are in a legal battle over code enforcement and building violations.

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Thursday, June 19th, 2014, 10:01pm

Hillsborough County, Florida -- Valrico teen Ashley Lyon and 41-year-old Steven Myers are both recovering from stab wounds at a Lafayette hospital in Louisiana Thursday.

A cashier at a truck stop near Baton Rouge was the one who spotted Myers early Thursday morning. Scott Holbrook said it his co-worker, Fawn Dominque, who recognized the pair and was the hero in all of this. He said he never knew that those two customers would turn out to be two people law enforcement and family members hundreds of miles away were looking for.

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Thursday, June 19th, 2014, 5:19pm

Tampa, Florida -- The Hillsborough County Government Center is almost ready to be fully functioning again after a fire sprinkler system leak.

A gasket on a valve broke Monday and caused flooding on the west side of the building from the third floor down.

On the second floor, the commissioners' offices had the most damage and on the first floor the Sobik's Sandwich shop and the communications offices had damage.

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Submitted by Eric Glasser, Anchor/Reporter

Thursday, June 19th, 2014, 4:33pm

Valrico, Florida -- When federal agents raided Martin Winters' home in Valrico this week, they were also armed with a warrant they obtained with information from an undercover informant.

According to the indictment, agents were looking for as many as 50 high-powered AR-15 rifles and several explosive devices buried around Winters' properties.

But after several hours, agents apparently found far less than what they were led to believe they would.

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