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fWttu "i fJToi iMit.u" Tripp Trademark, which has built homes locally, is shutting down. Tampa Bay asco Thursday, October 23, 2008 PAC 1 tampabay.com nnr-v a i ri i mm MT1 Jason Taylor is charged with sexual battery on an incapacitated victim and child abuse. Jason Taylor was arrested Tuesday and remained in the Land 0' Lakes Jail Wednesday without bail. was arrested on accusations of sexual battery in 1997, but the charge was dropped. He faced a battery charge in 2006.

That case was abandoned as well. On Wednesday, he remained in the Land O'Lakes jail without bail. The woman and her children are physically fine, Harrington said, but have been traumatized by the attack. Molly Moorhead can be reached at moorheadsptimes.com or (727) 869-6246. BY MOLLY MOORHEAD Times Staff Writer NEW PORT RICHEY The woman awoke naked from a blackout.

All around her were disturbing signs that she'd been sexually abused. Pornographic movies, sex toys and, worst of all, photos of her being abused while unconscious. When she confronted 29-year-old Jason Taylor, they began arguing, according to a New Port Richey police report. Taylor struck her and tried to choke her, and when the worn- Investigators spent the rest of the day seeking Taylor, who lives at 5608 LaSalle Court. It turns out, he came to them.

Taylor returned home about 7 that evening, said Lt Jeffrey Harrington. "We had officers standing by," Harrington said. Taylor was arrested on charges of sexual battery in which the victim is incapacitated, battery by strangulation, four counts of child abuse and tampering with a witness. According to state records, he the ground, the report said. He also stopped the woman from calling 911 and destroyed her cell phone.

Then he left. Police arrived soon after, about 7 a.m. Tuesday. They interviewed the woman, whose name and relationship to Taylor are being withheld because of the nature of the crime. Police say it was not a random act, that Taylor and the woman are well acquainted.

They are not saying where the attack took place. an's 6-year-old son tried to intervene, he knocked the child to the ground. The woman tried to leave, loading her two 2-year-old daughters into a stroller. But Taylor turned it over, dumping the children on Depot "We moved here two years ago. And we've been counting the days.

We wanted to be one of the first people to see it." Patricia Biasi, Wiregrass shopper anf fans Into imiratieiree DADE CITT ONE PERSON DIES WHEN TRAIN HITS SUV AT CROSSING A train hit a sport utility vehicle Wednesday at a railroad crossing near Old Lakeland Highway and Larkin Ranch Road in Dade City, the Pasco Sheriffs Office said. The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. One person died and no other injuries were reported. There were no crossing gates at the location, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Late Wednesday, the train was still blocking the roadway and traffic delays were expected to continue in the area while the Sheriffs Office investigation continued.

BAYONET POINT Beaus' dispute turns into ambush A dispute that unfolded between a woman's current and former boyfriends escalated into an ambush at the entrance to the USA Flea Market on U.S. 19, authorities say. The Sheriffs Office sayslO to15 people drove there Oct 4 and attacked three men, using baseball bats, tire irons and brass knuckles. Ben Bradshaw was hit in the face with a bat, a report says, and dragged to a drainage ditch, where two people tried to drown him. Sam Bradshaw was dragged from the car and suffered facial injuries and a broken arm.

Russell Stender got hit with the brass knuckles and had to have surgery on his face. Roger Eugene Mumma was upset with Ben Bradshaw for not leaving his ex-girlfriend alone, deputies say. of 11395 Dauphin Ave. in Largo, faces three counts of aggravated battery and was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail. Correction A story in Wednesday's Tmes about the Dade City rummage sale listed an incorrect location for the event The sale will be at Pasco Avenue and Sixth Street in Dade City from 8 a.m.

to 1p.m. Saturday. Pasco deaths Devlin, Florence Kidwell, Bernice Lackenbauer.John F. Sammartano, Frank Sierra, Virginia "Delia" Spicuglia, Andrew Spina, Patricia Vasquez, Bemaldo Winkler, Maria C. Yonko, Mary Rossi berth in history The 1912 building holds its grand opening as a tourist destination.

1 4U. i VIP ft '4 1 i 1 i i i i 1 KERI WIGINT0N I Times Sofia Biasi, 3, tries on shoes at Dillard's in the Shops at Wiregrass on Wednesday, during the unofficial store opening. As doors open at Shops at Wiregrass, shoppers spill into the newest aisles around. BY HELEN ANNE TRAVIS Times Staff Writer DADE CITY In the 1800s, only a few hardy settlers who could eke out a living among the pine forests dared to call this area home. Then the railroads came.

The Dade City Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot was built in 1912, paving the way for timber, citrus and tobacco industries. Dade City was changed for good. The depot shut down in 1983. The city took over the building about a decade later, renovated it and transformed the depot into office space. But in 2007, the folks at Dade City Tours Inc.

had another idea. "Everybody agreed it would be better used for historic and tourism purposes than for a corporate office," said Joey Wubbena, director of internal services for JDR Properties, which oversees DadeCityTours. The depot still belongs to the city, but is now called the Dade See DEPOT, 3 "Tr7TT''" mm 5 A Ak i Grand opening What Dade City Train Museum and Theatre grand opening When: Tonight, 5-7 p.m. City Cost Free Normal museum hours and charges: Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., adults $5, seniors $4, $2 for children under age 12, ages 4 and younger are free with a paying adult This list is from detailed obituaries published in Section B. '4 4 4i i I Inside Opinion Your Sports 2 6 S3 BY LISA BUIE Times Staff Writer WESLEY CHAPEL It's about time.

Just about everyone who came Wednesday to the new Dillard's, the first new store to open at the Shops at Wiregrass, said that in so many words. "I'm ecstatic," said Renee Glassman, 58, of the nearby Meadow Pointe neighborhood. She would have been standing at the door when employees opened it at 10 a.m. but she volunteers at Sand Pine Elementary School. "The minute I was finished volunteering I was here," said Glassman, who admitted she was "ready to shop." Managers estimate about 60 people visited the store when the doors opened.

The opening was known as a "soft opening," which means it isn't publicized. "It's practice," said Lisa Rice, manager of the ready to wear department. "It's to make sure everything works." See WIREGRASS, 3 Nil i i in For complete weather coverage, see 6C. i Dade City Hudson 8260 (0.0) 8662 (0.0) 1 Jr i New Port Richey 8462 (0.0) Zephyrhillsi 8361 (0.0) i KERI WIGINT0N Times Judy Berardinelli, color director for Lancome, applies mascara on Pauline Quimby. As of 5 p.m.

yesterday. tr trace of rainfall par term One dead, two injured in collision on U.S.41 A former boyfriend admits stabbing the victim 51 times. She lived. ff Nicholas Altamuro Jr. pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend.

In court, where Altamuro sat in his orange and white county jail jump suit with the other inmates, he looked at her too much, Johnston thought. On Wednesday, early in the hearing, he leaned back in his chair and stared. Johnston stood with a victim's advocate from the Sheriff's Office and held hands. She wiped her eyes with tissues. "I've been waiting for this," she whispered.

After the judge accepted Altamuro's guilty plea, Johnston stood in the hall outside the courtroom and said she still has followed her. On Aug. 24, 2005, Altamuro, shirtless and shaggy-haired, showed up at Johnston's pink-trimmed mobile home in New Port Richey. She dialed 911 before he even got inside. He attacked her in her bedroom on the floor by the TV and stabbed her with two steak knives in her hands, wrists, chest, neck and back.

The 911 tape of the still-open line is hard to listen to. "I'm going to kill you!" "Die!" "Help me!" BY MICHAEL KRUSE Times Staff Writer NEW PORT RICHEY Nicholas Altamuro pleaded guilty Wednesday to stabbing his ex-girlfriend 51 times one afternoon more than three years ago. Altamuro, 49, of Holiday could get up to 30 years in prison for attempted murder, according to the plea deal. Circuit Judge Thane Covert set sentencing for Nov. 26.

Donnalee Johnston, 51, had moved here from New Jersey to try to get away from him. Despite a restraining order he wife, Magali M. Perez, 40, who was driving the Honda, were airlifted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, where they remained in serious condition Wednesday, according to the FHP. The FHP said a preliminary investigation showed that Mathis had been heading north and Perez had been going south on US.

41 about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. It was not yet known which vehicle crossed the center line in the unlit, 55 mph zone. Logan Neill can be reached at Ineill sptimes.com or 8' 1435. BY LOGAN NEILL Times Staff Writer LAND O'LAKES A crash Tuesday night on U.S.

41 near State Road 52 left a 39-year-old Spring Hill man dead and two other Hernando County residents, one of whom was his wife, seriously injured. The Florida Highway Patrol said Howard Bandoo died at the scene after the 2001 Honda he was riding in was struck head on by a 2004 Chevrolet SUV being driven by Bonita Vanstory Mathis, 51, of BrooksvuTe. poth Mathis antf Bandoo's nightmares. When she does, she calls the jail, where the workers know her voice. They tell her he hasn't been released and he's still there.

They tell her it's going to be okay. Michael Kruse can be reached at mkrusesptimes.com or (727).