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Hulk Hogan Goes Unrestrained

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By STEPHEN THOMPSON

The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 27, 2008

CLEARWATER - Last week, Linda Bollea's boyfriend asked a judge for a restraining order against her estranged husband, Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea. The judge denied it.

The boyfriend, Charley Hill, said Hogan stared at him at a traffic light one day this month and on the next day tailed him as he drove home, according to a copy of his petition, filed Nov. 20.

Hill feared that Hogan would attempt to "kill or injure" him because Hill is dating Linda Bollea, his petition states. He also said in the petition that Hogan has a gun.

Hill wanted a judge to prohibit Hogan from approaching his home at 861 Lantana Ave. and his various places of employment, including a pool service where he works as a swimming pool technician, according to the petition.

County Judge Michael Andrews denied the petition the same day it was filed. Andrews noted there had to be two acts of repeated violence within six months - such as assault, battery, sexual battery or stalking. Simply thinking one is about to become a victim is not sufficient for a restraining order to be issued, Andrews wrote.

HILLSBOROUGH

2 Sentenced In Drug Case

TAMPA - A St. Petersburg man was sentenced Wednesday to 111 months in prison and his former girlfriend to 46 months for selling thousands of pounds of marijuana.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew imposed the prison terms on Keith Pritchett, 29, and Monique Pruitt, 28, both of 4225 Cortez Way S. They pleaded guilty Aug. 26 to conspiring to possess with the intent of distributing large quantities of marijuana.

Pritchett pleaded guilty to distributing between 2,200 and 6,600 pounds of marijuana between 2003 and the time he was arrested Feb. 15.
Guilty Plea Made In Betting Scam

TAMPA - A Maryland man pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping bilk a number of Central Florida residents out of millions of dollars in an elaborate horse-race betting scam.

Gordon Robert Grant, 64, of Annapolis, Md., pleaded guilty to one count of mail and wire fraud before U.S. Magistrate Thomas Wilson.

Grant was accused of creating a Nevada corporation that was used in the scheme and opening a bank account through which the marks' money flowed.

Prosecutors said in the plea deal that beginning in the late 1990s, Grant and others sent out brochures said to be from "Roger Bronstein," a purported computer specialist, claiming he had discovered a way to earn great sums of cash by wagering on horse races.

Investors were asked to put in $45,000, $90,000 or $135,000.

Crime Ring Chief Gets Life Term

TAMPA - A man investigators say led a violent ring that dealt in drugs and stolen property in Polk County was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to life in prison.

Otis Carden, known as "Cowboy," was found guilty in August of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. A federal grand jury also indicted Carden, 27, on two counts of possession of a machine gun and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The sheriff's office and several federal agencies started investigating a theft and drug ring in 2007 that they say was led by Carden and Terry "Ox" Gilmore.

Carden was arrested in Osceola County on Jan. 23 on a Polk County warrant. Gilmore was arrested Feb. 8.

4 Charged In Pot Growing

TAMPA - Four men are accused of running two marijuana-growing operations with a total of 188 plants worth roughly $540,000, authorities said. Jesus Fonseca Sanchez, Lazaro Avila Perez, Jasan Arguelles and Frank Cedeno were arrested and charged with felony manufacture of marijuana, among other charges.

A staff report

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