Four people were arrested at the Baby Dolls South club at 13383 U.S. 19 N on Monday, Sheriff's Office record show. Authorities arrested William Edward Ward, 34, of Madeira Beach, and charged him with operating an adult business without a license. Also arrested were Tracy Leeman, 36, of St. Petersburg, Gabriella Bernard, 21, of Pinellas Park and Jami Lee Polischek, 20, whom officials listed as having no address. The three women were charged with nudity in an alcohol establishment. All were released on $250 bail Tuesday.

Woman dies in Dunedin car crash

DUNEDIN -- An early morning car crash Tuesday that left a Pennsylvania woman dead and her passenger injured may have been caused by alcohol, a spokesman from the Pinellas Sheriff's Office said. Christina M. Dermont, 23, of 335 First St. in Donora, Pa., was killed about 12:35 a.m. when her 1999 Buick struck a telephone pole and flipped over, said sheriff's spokesman Deputy Cal Dennie. "Dermont was eastbound on SR 586 and had drifted off the road," Dennie said. "As she tried to correct the action she overcorrected and lost control, rotating sideways, hitting a telephone pole on the driver's side of the vehicle." Dennie said the impact caused the car to fly through the air and land upside down. Dermont was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger, Christopher Henry, 27, who gave an address in Elco, Pa., was taken by helicopter to Bayfront Medical Center and was released later that afternoon. Dennie said both had been drinking Monday evening.

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