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Top Stories: Hating Lovebugs; Heiress Bilked; Bayshore Tragedy

Week In Review: The top 5 Tampa Bay stories on Patch sites in the last week.

Here are five of last week's top headlines on Tampa Bay Patches:

BAYSHORE TRAGEDY: Police say 24-year-old Jessica Reisinger Raubenolt of Jeromesville, Ohio, was pushing her daughter, Lillia, in a stroller across Bayshore Boulevard near Knights Avenue at a legal crossing from a pedestrian ramp around 11:43 a.m. Wednesday when they were struck by a 2018 Ford Mustang driven by Cameron Herrin, 18, of 2507 W, Gardner Court, Tampa. Reisinger was pronounced dead at Tampa General Hospital. The 21-month-old toddler later died at Tampa General Hospital from injuries. Mother, Toddler Die After Struck By Speeding Car On Bayshore

GUM HEIRESS: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has charged two Pasco County residents with bilking the heiress to the Wrigley chewing gum fortune out of nearly $500,000. The FDLE arrested Chet Alan Ragsdale, 45, and Barbara DiCioccio, 52, both of 5621 Sea Turtle Court in New Port Richey, on racketeering, money laundering and grand theft charges in the theft of more than $480,000 from Helen Rosburg Rich, 69, of Odessa. Pasco Couple Charged With Stealing $480,000 From Wrigley Heiress

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DISORDERLY INFORMATION: Clearwater Police say a 30-year-old homeless man climbed on top of some playground equipment at Clearwater Beach and began telling children where babies come from. Police took Otis Dawayne Ryan, 30, into custody on a charge of disorderly conduct. Man Arrested At Playground Telling Kids Where Babies Come From

LOVEBUG HATE: They don't suck blood, leave itchy welts on your skin, spread the Zika virus or give pets heart worms like mosquitoes. In fact, the insect that Floridians call the lovebug is basically benign -- except for the fact that they swarm your face every time you walk outside and splatter their guts all over car. They make their appearance in Florida each May and September and spend about four weeks mating in pairs, thus the nickname. Hate Lovebugs? Here's How To Deal With Them

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FAMILY HISTORY: An Indiana court ruled this week that a man who disappeared in 1993 and was declared dead in 2003 must pay nearly $2 million in back child support. In a bizarre case that was featured on ABC's "20/20," Richard J. Hoagland abandoned his wife and two children, and moved to Zephyrhills where he lived under the name Terry Symansky for more than two decades. He moved to Zephyrhills, remarried and was living off the radar until 2016 when the nephew of the real Terry Symansky, who died in 1991, found Hoagland using Symansky's name while researching his family history through Ancestry.com. Florida Man Believed Dead Must Pay $2 Million In Child Support

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