Top Stories: Lotto Winner; Teacher Sex; Crane Keeps Gator Away

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

DADDY CRANE: Port Charlotte resident Eric Drexler caught this video of an intrepid sand hill crane father drawing an alligator away from his mate and colt (baby sand hill crane) as the gator crossed a Port Charlotte golf course. Who knew the sand hill crane's massive wingspan served a purpose other than flying? WATCH: Brave Sandhill Crane Dad Shields Family From Gator

NO BRA: The American Civil Liberties Union is censuring the Manatee County School District for telling a 17-year-old girl that her nipples were a distraction. The ACLU posted a letter on its website April 30 condemning the school district's treatment of a 17-year-old Braden River High School girl who was taken to task for not wearing a bra to school on Monday, April 2. ACLU Weighs In On Student Forced To Put Band-Aids On Nipples

NEW JOBS: Elected officials and business leaders joined Lockheed Martin Monday, April 30, in the formal opening of a new manufacturing facility in Pinellas Park that will create more than 80 new jobs by mid-2019.
These new jobs are in addition to the 30 Lockheed Martinjobs added late last year to support the increasing F-35 production rate. The facility is expected to be operational by mid-May. Lockheed Martin Opens F-35 Production Facility In Pinellas Park

LOTTO WINNER: Talk about beating the odds. A 60-year-old Sarasota man has won a million dollars not once but twice by scratching off little gold dollar signs on Florida Lottery scratch-off tickets. The Florida Lottery announced Tuesday, May 1, that Lubomir Richvalsky just claimed a $1 million prize in the $10,000,000 World Class Cash Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $748,000. What Are The Odds? Sarasota Man Wins Million In Lottery Twice

TEACHER SEX: A Pasco County teacher has been arrested for reportedly having sex with a student. According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, detectives arrested Ridgewood High School teacher Sean Gallegos, 43, of Morden Blush Drive, Lutz, on Wednesday, May 2, after an investigation revealed Gallegos allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old female student on more than one occasion in April. Ridgewood High Teacher Charged With Having Sex With Student

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