The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • B3

COLORSTRIP: Orlando Sentinel THURSDAY, B3 CENTRAL FLORIDA STATE Four dead dolphins washed ashore off southeast Volusia County on Wednesday and more are expected as a 3-month-old red tide bloom continues off the Atlantic coast. The dolphins, found by a ranger at the northern end of Canaveral National Seashore, will be tested to confirm suspicions that toxins from red tide killed them. Red tide has also been linked to sea turtle deaths in Brevard County. Anyone who finds a dead dolphin should call the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at 1888-404-3922. POLK COUNTY Help sought in double slaying Polk County detectives have released photographs of a man they want to identify who was at a gas station Friday night before two store employees were gunned down.

The man, who was driving a dark Chevrolet Avalanche pickup, has not been named a suspect but may be a witness, the Office said. The man is black, has tattoos on the back of his neck, and wore a dark T-shirt with a colored logo on the front. Detectives also are seeking information about a white Mitsubishi photographed in the parking lot of the BP gas station after the shootings occurred. Investigators continue to offer a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the deaths of gas station employees Dashrath Patel and Pravinkumar C. Patel.

The two were shot as they stood outside the store on County Road 557 north of Lake Alfred. The Office has said the store was closed for the night when, about 9 p.m., a man wearing dark clothing and a dark head covering shook the locked door and then shot through it. The employees were standing under the business marquee, where they were changing the sign information, when the man approached and then shot both men in the head. Anyone with information can call Detective Ivan Navarro at 863-287-8313. Tips can be reported anonymously through Crime Stoppers, which is offering the cash reward, at 1-800-226-TIPS.

ORMOND BEACH Body found in bags identified Police have identified the man whose remains were found in black plastic bags in a canal last week. Fingerprints from the dismembered body were linked to file fingerprints of Michael Scot Louis, a 27- year-old South Daytona resident. On Thursday morning a fisherman found the first garbage bag of remains in a canal near the Tomoka River bridge. Police later found several more bags. The cause of death has not yet been determined.

Louis had previously been arrested on drug charges. Police were aided by a citizen who reported that Louis shown up for his job at the Port Orange Wal- Mart. Police think that he been seen since Nov. 21. Anyone who recently saw him or has any other information can contact Ormond Beach police at 386677-0731 or Crimestoppers at 1-888277-TIPS.

DAYTONA BEACH body found in Halifax River An unidentified body was found in the Halifax River in Daytona Beach shortly before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Daytona Beach police said a passer-by flagged down officers after spotting the body 200 to 300 yards from the shore, near the north side of the Main Street Bridge. The body was clothed, and there were no visible injuries or evidence of foul play, police said. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.

Rachael Jackson and Amy L. Edwards of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. The Area In Brief Dead dolphins found; red tide is suspected VOLUSIA COUNTY Four men, including a father and son, were charged with grand theft after Orlando police said they were caught Tuesday night stealing close to $2,000 in diesel fuel from a tanker. One of the men, the driver of the tanker, told officers he did not think he did anything wrong because he never turned a profit from the theft, an arrest report said. The driver, Lino Franco, 43, of Kissimmee posted $500 bail Wednesday and was released from the Orange County jail.

The other suspects, Edrey Frias, 26; Amado Frias, 46; and Barbaro Batista, 32, all from Orlando, left the correctional facility on pre-trial releases. The owner of Quick Fuel Fleet Services, a bulk-fuel supplier, told police he had discovered that Franco was making unscheduled stops and unloading hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel on an access road north of John Young Parkway and Shader Road, the report said. Orlando police Detective Rob Everett acted on the tip and waited at a distance at the access road Tuesday night. Everett wrote in his report that about 11 p.m. he watched Franco siphoning diesel from his tanker and transferring the fuel into metal bladders installed inside the beds of trucks driven by Amado Frias and Batista.

Edrey Frias served as a lookout, the officer wrote. Quick Fuel owner Richie Willis told officers that the 600-plus gallons of diesel, valued at $3.15 a gallon, were headed to the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant off Mercy Drive. Everett said he waited for the men to finish the transfer and pull away from the access road. Minutes later, Orlando police units converged at the scene and arrested the four. not sure how long been going on Everett said.

sure there are other times that they have done Questioned about the crime, Franco told investigators that he did not think he had done anything illegal he did not receive any money for the the arrest report said. The report also states that Batista told detectives that understood that people normally give away fuel for free and that what he was doing may have been Edry and Amado Frias would not talk to officers, Everett wrote. Walter Pacheco can be reached at or 407-420-6262. DAYTONA BEACH An attorney wants to put a muzzle on Daytona Beach police Chief Mike Chitwood. Michael Lambert represents Mike Shallow, the former Daytona Beach commissioner and mayoral candidate who was arrested during a Sears bathroom sex sting last month.

Lambert thinks comments made by Chitwood, who is known for his colorful quotes, will prevent his client from getting a fair trial. Lambert asked a judge Wednesday for a gag order to prevent Chitwood from speaking publicly about the case. County Judge Peter McGlashan said he would review news articles and radio interviews with comments before making a ruling. Both the state and the city attorney argued the gag order was premature. Lambert said standing in the community give his comments more weight.

he a public official, his words would be meaningless. There is no other purpose to these words than to affect the outcome of a fair Lambert argued. Lambert took issue with several comments Chitwood made shortly after the sting that authorities say caught nine men performing lewd acts in the mall public restroom. Chitwood said at a press conference the men the quality of life we have and described them as bunch of sick, degenerate, vile perverts doing their In the following days on The Marc Bernier Show on 1150 AM (WNDB), Chitwood said all the men were guilty and needed to admit what they did and move forward. Shallow, who did not attend hearing, is charged with indecent exposure and a lewd and lascivious act, both misdemeanors.

Chitwood said he made comments shortly after the arrest but stayed quiet until attorney brought the issue up again with the gag order. is a smoke screen. no defense. He have a Chitwood said shortly after the hearing ended. needs to worry about preparing his defense and not about what doing or not Chitwood said the case will ultimately be decided by jurors who have to weigh the credibility of a 20-year veteran officer who worked the sting and observed Shallow and others making secret signals and sexual gestures.

He think his comments will make a difference. Assistant City Attorney Anthony Jackson said he thinks the gag order will be issued and said he would caution the chief. Chitwood said he would have no problem staying silent. all the stuff got going on here, got other stuff to talk he said. Kristen Reed can be reached at 386-851-7924 or Tucked away between warehouses and storage facilities in the riverfront community of Cocoa, Playmates offers fullynude erotic dancing until 2a.m.

against the public-nudity ordinance. For years, the strip club and city have tangled over business practices. Now, for the second time in three years, the duel has entered federal court. At issue are the hours and how much skin is too much to bare. Before, when Playmates sat on Brevard County property, it could keep the doors open and strippers gyrating in their birthday suits until 2a.m.

But when the property was annexed by Cocoa in 2003, the rules changed. The guidelines require dancers to wear opaque coverings. And according to code enforcement officers, the business was required to close promptly at 11 p.m. The owner objected. In response, Playmates is asking a federal judge to find the ordinance unconstitutional and award it damages for depriving the club of its civil rights.

Playmates, only adult-entertainment establishment, said the public-nudity ordinance is a mode of censorship. The bottom line is that Playmates wants to operate exactly as it did under the Brevard County code. filed a very broad-based said Gainesville-based attorney Gary Edinger. The club known as a juice because it sell alcohol reached a mediated settlement with the city in 2004 over the same issue, according to court records and City Attorney Anthony Garganese. The agreement stipulated that the code would be amended to allow the strip club to stay open until 2a.m., but the dancers would have to don G-string underwear and pasties.

But Garganese said that settlement fell apart weeks later when Playmates backed out of the deal. city renewed their license in good faith and gave them a copy of the Garganese said. complaint in federal court said it without any notable incidents or under the ordinanceand that there had been prostitution, drug use, gambling or other at place of business and no arrests for serious But according to Brevard County Office records, not true. In January 2005, the agency began to investigate alleged drug sales, drug use and prostitution at Playmates on the advice of an informant. During a raid six months later, several strippers and at least one patron were arrested.

In one case, a dancer was accused of offering an undercover officer oral sex for $40. In another, a dancer was accused of violating the ordinance by simulating sex during a lap dance. In a third incident, apatron and a dancer were accused of lewd and lascivious behavior on suspicion of having sex in a back booth. are a lot of factual Garganese said of the strip complaint. we plan to defend it Sarah Langbein can be reached at or 407-420-5020.

Strip club asks judge to strike public-nudity law By SARAH LANGBEIN SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Defense calls for Daytona police silence Remarks could influence Mike sex-sting trial, his lawyer says. By KRISTEN REED SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Police say 4 drained diesel tanker The driver told authorities that he take money for the fuel so he do anything wrong, the report says. By WALTER PACHECO SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Tracy Wise(above, left) and Heidi Sondiof Orlando walk their dogs Wednesday by Lake Ivanhoe.Wise has 3 dogs by the names of Abby. Sondi has 4 dogs: Frankee, Bismarck, Lugerand Kenny. are not dog Wise said.

a common question when people encounter the 7 large canines walking the streets of College Park. On Edgewater Drive, Sondi (left) and Wise decided to have coffee while their pets enjoyed the break and watched the people. PHOTOS BY RED HUBER SENTINEL a life, and they enjoy it to the fullest CHITWOOD SHALLOW POSSIBLE WITNESS Product: OSBS PubDate: 12-13-2007 Zone: FLA Edition: ROP Page: User: jandrews Time: Color: CMYK.