Suncoast Wealth Solutions Celebrates Grand Opening

Allison

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June 17, 2022

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Suncoast Wealth Solutions Celebrates Grand Opening

by James Coulter

Do you need to plan your finances and manage your wealth? Do you need to secure a loan? Obtain a mortgage? Invest in the stock market? Or simply save up for college? Suncoast Wealth Solutions in Plant City can help you meet all of your financial needs.

This independent financial advisor can assist you with financial planning, wealth management, and other financial needs. Whether you want advice about investing in the stock market, securing a mortgage or loan, or even if you simply want to start saving and planning for college, their myriad of services and years of experience will assist you through your financial endeavors.

“Having a Financial Professional means you have help from someone concerned with your specific goals and who can assist in drafting a plan that is suited to your needs,” their website states. “We foster an atmosphere of innovation, which means we constantly seek to improve our clients’ experience with investing. We provide you with the tools you need to easily access account information.”

Owner Michelle Engle and her business partner, Jennifer Girling, bring with them nearly 34 years of combined experience. Through their broker/dealer, Lincoln Investment, they have offered their services to the community for nearly a decade. Now they plan to continue doing so through their new office.

“My practice is built upon the key beliefs of honesty, integrity, transparency, and dedication for everyone,” Engle said in her website profile. “My passion is to help others, which naturally occurs as my values align with those of my clients.”

Suncoast Wealth Solutions recently opened their new office location in the Shoppes of the Arcade in Downtown Plant City. They celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Plant City Chamber of Commerce. The event offered free snow cones through the Pelican’s SnoBallsfood truck parked outside that afternoon, which was most ideal on that hot summer day.

Engle has been operating her business for nine years. This office was the first physical brick-and-mortar location she owned before the COVID-19 pandemic. She was especially enthused to experience the camaraderie of her fellow neighboring business owners and Chamber members within the arcade.

“You have no idea how much this means for me and this organization, the sacrifices and the years to build the practice that we have,” she said. “I love it [the office] because I love the aesthetics. We love all our other business partners in this building also so there is a lot of camaraderies. It is also great because it was the perfect spot.”

Now that they have opened a physical location, Engle hopes to be able to meet with her clients in person and offer them the financial services they require, even if they simply want to drop in for a few questions.

“It brings a place where folks can come and stop by and ask us questions that they may have about markets, their retirements, their savings, and without feeling they will be sold anything,” she said. “Our expectations are just to have a place where the community can always come to whether they work directly one on one with us or not.”

Suncoast Wealth Solutions is located at 104 W. Reynolds Street Suite 12 Plant City FL 33566. For more information, call (954) 710-9302, or visit their website at: https://www.suncoastwealthsolution.com/Jennifer-Girling,-CFP.e1071712.htm

Total Staffing Solutions Celebrates Grand Opening

Lakeland

Allison

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June 17, 2022

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Total Staffing Solutions Celebrates Grand Opening

by James Coulter

“People don’t want to work anymore,” some folks claim. However, plenty of able-bodied individuals are raring to get back to work, and with plenty of “help wanted” signs in business windows across the county, now has never been a better time for potential employees and employers.

Total Staffing Solutions is willing to connect potential employees with employers. With more than 20 years of experience, their full-staffing service specializes in clerical and industrial staffing and recruitments, helping seek out jobs from humble fruit pickers and warehouse packers to mid-level positions.

Their mission, as their website states, is “to partner with committed customers and employees to provide standout staffing and recruiting solutions in today’s ever-changing workforce…[and] to become the most respected and sought-after staffing organization by both clients and candidates because of our commitment to their success.”

Joseph Gallelli has been operating his business for 24 years in Chicago. Recently, he had been scouting the Orlando and Tampa area to relocate in Florida. Upon stumbling upon Lakeland, he discovered a vibrant community with high potential.

“Lakeland was a find for us,” he said. “Suddenly, an opportunity came for us to acquire a company that was getting out of the Lakeland market. Here we are. We took over a spot for a small acquisition, and that is how we came to Lakeland, which is our ability to expand and stand blessed.”

Potential job seekers can expect excellent communication and customer service that aims to meet their needs and find the right people for the right position. Regardless of your experience, Total Staffing Solutions will go the extra mile to find a job that is right for you.

“We pick the right text to get the best service for our clients and get them the people that they need on a daily basis,” he said. “Obviously, we want to help out the larger warehouse. Helping businesses that are struggling to find the perfect staff to fill their needs. We have now hiring signs everywhere. And so obviously it is to help fill those staffing needs and also the direct placement side for higher-end jobs.”

Total Staffing Solutions celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Greater Lakeland Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Bob Pettke, CSO, wasexcited to open their new location in Lakeland, and he expects their office to serve the local community to the best of their ability.

“We wanted to actively participate,” he said. “We wanted to hold up our fair share to not only take but also receive. If you know businesses in this area that make stuff, those are the type of businesses we want to help with.”

Total Staffing Solutions is located at 2072 E Edgewood Drive Lakeland FL 33803. For more information, visit their website at: https://www.totalstaffsolutions.com

Operation Child Protector II A Success After Arresting 12 Individuals Deemed Deviant’s, Predators & Perverts By Polk County Sheriff

Carl Fish

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June 17, 2022

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Operation Child Protector II A Success After Arresting 12 Individuals Deemed Deviant’s, Predators & Perverts By Polk County Sheriff

Beginning June 2, 2022, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Auburndale Police Department, and Winter Haven Police Department detectives conducted a two-week-long undercover operation “Operation Child Protector II” during which detectives posed as children on social media platforms, mobile apps, and online dating sites to investigate those who prey upon and travel to meet children for unlawful sexual activity.

The suspects communicated with and solicited who they thought were children online. Four suspects showed up to an undercover location in Polk County at separate times to meet who they thought were children, to sexually batter them.

Detectives obtained warrants for eight other suspects who were arrested and booked into jails in their respective counties. Additional suspects were charged via warrant after transmitting pornographic images and/or grooming and soliciting the children online; they are still at-large in Florida and detectives are actively looking for them.

In all, detectives arrested 12 suspects, who face a total of 49 felony charges. Their combined criminal histories include 22 felonies and 31 misdemeanor charges. The youngest suspect arrested is 20 years old, and the oldest suspect is 67 years old.

Of the suspects who traveled to the location to have sex with a child, one suspect brought condoms, one has a criminal history, and two told detectives they were married. They were all from the central Florida area.

Of the suspects who had warrants, all of them sent sexually explicit images and/or videos to who they thought were 13, 14, and 15-year-old girls. Two of the suspects are from out of state and are in custody there, in Michigan and Alabama. Three of these suspects have criminal histories.

TRAVELING TO MEET A MINOR ARRESTS:

1. 67-year-old Lawrence Neu of Lakeland, FL. On June 2, 2022, Neu engaged in an online conversation on a social networking site with an undercover detective who was posing as a 13-year-old girl. The communication continued via a mobile texting app. The “girl” repeatedly reminded Neu that she was only 13, to which Neu replied it was okay with him. Neu told the girl he was 46-years-old. He asked several questions about her sexual experience and described the sex acts he wanted to do to her, including taking her virginity. He sent nude photos and a video of himself while, according to Neu, his wife was in the other room. His criminal history includes a previous DUI arrest.

Neu was booked into the Polk County Jail and charged with:

· One count traveling to meet a minor for sex (F2)

· One count attempted lewd battery (F3)

· Four counts transmission of material harmful to minor (F3)

· One count use of a computer to seduce a child – enhanced (F3)

· One count use of a computer to misrepresent age and seduce a child (F2)

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office was also investigating Neu during a similar undercover investigation during the same time frame. They have charged him via warrant with nine counts transmission of material harmful to a minor; one count use of a computer to seduce a child; and one count use of a two-way communication device to commit a felony. He’s being held in the Polk County Jail and will be transferred to Citrus at a later date.

2. 62-year-old Francis “Frank” Butler of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. On June 3, 2022, Butler engaged in an online conversation using a screen name “Orlando Grandad” on a social networking site with an undercover detective who was posing as a 13-year-old girl. They exchanged phone numbers and also texted. The “girl” told Butler that she was only 13, to which Butler replied “LOVE that you are” and asked her if “it was an issue” that he’s married. He told the girl that he used to live in the area and is now here visiting for a month. He told her he wanted to hang out with her and commit sex acts with her. Before coming to meet her, he said “Waiting for wife to go to bed then I need your address!” When he arrived at the undercover location he was taken into custody without incident.

Butler was booked into the Polk County Jail and charged with:

· One count traveling to meet a minor for sex (F2)

· One count attempted lewd battery (F3)