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Abuse cases

Title Date
Boy adopted by Timothy and Tracy Ferriter 2022 Jan
Three children adopted by Joseph and Jennifer Wolfthal 2021 Jan 1
Children adopted by Tommy and Patricia Hyler 2020 May 8
Two children adopted by Samuel and Brandi Hollie 2019 Jun 14
Girl adopted by Eugenio and Victoria Erquiaga 2016 Jan 6
Children in care of Daniel and Jenise Spurgeon 2016 Jul
Jenica Randazzo 2015 Feb 5
Two children adopted by Allison Fowler 2014 Oct 6
Girl adopted by Dorothea Vega 2012 Nov 2
Girl adopted by Jonathan Outlaw 2012 Aug 13
Girl adopted by Silver Springs Shores couple 2012 Nov 15
Girls adopted by Tiffany and Dennis Jack 2012 Nov 19
Boy adopted by Deidra Harris 2011 Feb 15
Boy adopted by Ronald and Tammy White 2011 Jul 14
Boys adopted by William Fox 2011 Mar 21
Children in care of John Michael McGuigan 2011 May 13
Victor and Nubia Barahona (Doctor) 2011 Feb 14
Boy adopted by Steven and Mikelann Renwick 2010 Aug 18
Boy adopted by Walter and Beverly Watts 2010 Jun 27
Children adopted by Dwayne and Pamela Hardy 2010 Aug 12
Boy adopted by Tai-Ling Gigliotti 2009 Feb 11
Boy adopted by Scott Legrand 2008 Feb 8
Children adopted by Brian Kloosterman and Stephanie Schreiner 2008 May 9
Children residing at Tampa Bay Academy 2008 Dec 17
Faith J. Ray (Samantha Foster) 2008 Dec 8
Children adopted by Judith Leekin 2007 Jul 30
Girls adopted by John and Alicia Bryan 2007 Sep 5
Ryanne E Spohn 2007 Mar 2
Janie Tylski 2006 Apr 21
Children adopted by John and Linda Dollar 2005 Jan 21
20 children adopted by Nellie Jasper Johnson 2001 Sep 1
Daughters of Pastor in Ocala, Fl 2001 Jan 11
Steven Bennett 2001 Mar 7
Alex Charles Boucher 2000 Sep 25
Children adopted by Charles and Marjorie Moss 2000 May 11
Lucas Ciambrone (Pedro Garcia) 1995 May 13
Children adopted by Harold Johnson and Sherry Johnson 1988 Oct 21
Boys adopted by David Allen Lindsey Sr. 1987 Jun 6
Boy adopted by Jay Ram aka Gary Winnick aka Jay Mizraha 1985 Jan 1
Girl adopted by Laurence Jacobsen 1983 Nov 5
Jackie Zudis (Thi My Lan Nguyen) 1977 Jan 1

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Guatemala - Maria Fernanda and Ana Christina Alvarado case 2006 Aug 1
Guatemala / Costa Rica - International Adoption Resource (FL) and Rolf Levy case 2003 Dec 12
El Salvador - Attorney Roberto Parada and his wife Ilkea case 1987 Dec 1

Coerced adoption cases

Title Date
Darcy Akers Ball 1997 Sep 1
Jessica Hannah Bowman 1997 Sep 1
Winnie Faye Higginbotham Yarber (now Winnie Faye Whitaker) 1952 Jan 20

Deportation cases

Title Date
Ernesto Schwartz 2005 Jan 9
John Gaul III 1998 Jul 19

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
D. adopted by Anita Tedaldi (aka Anita Doberman) 2009 Aug 26
Dmitri Stewart 2007 Mar 1
Boy adopted from Russia 2005
Nora Gateley 2001 Jan 1

Father's rights violation cases

Title Date
Ramsey Shaud 2009 Dec 16
Jeremiah Clayton Jones 2006 Mar 19
Christopher Vietri (Baby Sam case) 1996 Apr 10
William Jardina 1993 Jul 24

Wrongful medication cases

Title Date
Gabriel Myers 2009 Apr 16
Denis Manuel Maltez 2007 May 23
Psychotropic drug cases Florida 2003 Jul 1

Documents

Title Publication date
Rilya Wilson did not die in vain [opinion] 2012 Dec 7
A decade after little girl vanished, Rilya Wilson’s foster mom faces trial 2012 Nov 24
DCF head outlines changes to safeguard children 2011 Aug 2
New Records Released in Case of Foster Parent Licensed Despite Abusive Past 2011 Jun 7
Déjà vu over child deaths in Florida 2011 Mar 26
Who remembers the ghosts of abused kids? 2011 Feb 26
Perjury defendant remains in jail 2010 Dec 1
Whose Standards? 2010 Nov 1
International Adoption: Two Way Street 2010 Nov 1
Shuttered 2010 Nov 1
Foster care agencies, DCF battle over injuries 2010 May 28
NRA: Don't let adoption agencies ask about guns in homes 2009 Nov 5
Lawmakers pledge action on psychiatric drugs in foster care 2009 Oct 8
DCF Report rips way kids get meds 2009 Aug 17
Florida Shifts Child-Welfare System’s Focus to Saving Families 2009 Jul 25
Mom accused of offering same baby for different adoptions 2009 Jul 15
Children in foster care taking psychotropic drugs higher than originally thought. 2009 Jun 5
Study: 13.19% of Florida foster kids take psychiatric drugs 2009 May 28
7-year-old’s hanging death investigated in Florida 2009 Apr 17
Foster care agency faulted for turning in immigrants 2009 Mar 27
Aged Out: A Murdered Foster Child's Inopportune Freedom 2009 Mar 20
Florida RNs Watch For Signs of Economy-Related Child Abuse 2009 Mar 9
DCF settles federal abuse suit 2009 Feb 2
Florida Department of Children & Families records on Celebrate Children International 2009 Jan 29
Leekin to accept plea deal in Port St. Lucie child abuse case 2009 Jan 8
Indian Child Welfare Act, Florida, and Coerced Adoptions 2008 Dec 18
Court allows suit over alleged abuse 2008 Dec 16
Adopt ma began her cruel $3M 'con job in 1970's 2007 Aug 1
Organized Crime Operating in the Child Protection System 2007 Jun 29
The Baby Brokers; A duel for a daughter agonizes two families 2003 Nov 3
Agency sued by family over boy's death 2002 Sep 25
LIKE `A BABY FARM' 1996 Jul 16
Embattled adoption agency can keep operating in state, pending ruling 1988 Apr 1
Would-be parents tell of broken hearts 1987 Dec 20
The cost of a nightmare
Retirement Community Fights To Evict 6-Year-Old Girl

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