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Police reports
By Times staff writer Early morning meeting leads to stolen walletNEW PORT RICHEY -- A planned early morning trip to Denny's on Sunday turned into a robbery for a New Port Richey man, according to Pasco sheriff's reports. James Olin Goodwin, 59, told a deputy that he met a man while at Flash Dancer Men's Club in Port Richey, and after several drinks, they decided to go to Denny's for breakfast. On the way to the restaurant, the man suggested that they visit a woman who "liked to party after hours," sheriff's reports said. After parking his car at what Goodwin thinks was Oak Creek Apartments in New Port Richey at 2:30 a.m., Goodwin waited for the man, who returned and asked for change for a $20 bill so he could pay the woman's baby sitter. The man then stole Goodwin's wallet and fled, according to sheriff's reports. Goodwin told deputies he could not remember the man's name. He described the suspect as about 25 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 150-160 pounds. Port Richey man faces child abuse chargePORT RICHEY -- A Port Richey man was arrested early Sunday after a 10-year-old girl told Pasco sheriff's deputies that he had punched her and hit her with a belt, according to arrest reports. Matthew John Anderson, 31, of 8226 Alnwick Circle in Port Richey faces one charge of child abuse. According to arrest reports, Anderson became angry with the girl and her friends and hit her in the nose twice. The girl told sheriff's deputies that Anderson had beat her with a belt because her room wasn't being cleaned fast enough, arrest reports said. Anderson told deputies that he hit the girl with a belt because she refused to obey his orders. Anderson was taken to the Land O' Lakes jail, where he was being held Monday night in lieu of $5,000 bail. Asbestos discovered at Stauffer Superfund siteTARPON SPRINGS -- A small tile floor containing a stable, noncrumbly form of asbestos was discovered during site clearing at the Stauffer Superfund site. The company announced Monday that Cross Environmental Services, a licensed asbestos abatement contractor, will remove the tiles Thursday. SCS Engineers, a licensed asbestos consulting firm, will monitor the removal. The tiles were discovered by one of the contractors working on the site-clearing project, said Stauffer site manager Frank McNeice. The 100-square-foot tile floor was once in a small building demolished more than a decade ago. The building was on the north side of the 130-acre site and was associated with a truck scale in the slag recovery area, McNeice said.
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