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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 22, 2022 C-3 Court Report CRIMINAL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Br yan Keith Robling charged with three counts of possession of child pornog- raphy with an aggravating factor found, level 5 felony; neglect of a dependent, a lev- el 6 felony; and possession of meth, a level 6 felony. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court James Dill III charged with possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor. Juan A. Gonzalez-Torres charged with carr ying a handgun without a license; and possession of marijuana, a class B misdemeanor. Devin Dickens charged with possession of marijua- na, a class B misdemeanor. Gia Dickerson charged with driving while suspend- ed, a class A misdemeanor. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Emily N. Rogers-Cline charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Philip R. Benefiel charged with speeding in a 55 mph zone. Zachar y K. Buechlein charged with distracted driv- ing. Kevin R. Riggs charged with speeding. Joseph M. Mattingly charged with speeding. Murat Yilmaz II charged with speeding 65 mph with a gross maximum weight of more than 26,000 lbs. Courtney D. Bain charged with speeding in a 55 mph zone. John A. Warner charged with distracted driving. Pinal J. Patel charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Santina L. Sexton charged with speeding. Marc A. Grimes charged with speeding in a 55 mph zone. Zane X. Boyer charged with speeding in a 55 mph zone. Hope M. Graber charged with speeding. Casey L. O'Brien charged with seat belt violation. Megan E. Gill charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Trevor A. Knepp charged with distracted driving. Loal M. Phillips charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Dawn R. Schnell charged with speeding. Christopher D. Bradfield charged with speeding in a 55 mph zone. Angela L. Coulson charged with speeding in a 30 mph zone. Woosseline Goureige charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Jameesha A. Williams charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Autumn R. Mays charged with seat belt violation. Robert L. Forsyth charged with seat belt violation. Lane A. Parks charged with speeding in a 55 mph zone. Henrietta S. Cole charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Sky R. McConnell charged with speeding. Herschel W. Gish charged with false or fictitious plates and operating a vehicle with- out financial responsibility. Isaiah M. Culbertson charged with seat belt viola- tion. Nancy C. Moore charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Khadijah M. Sherman charged with speeding. Matthew J. Gingerich charged with speeding. Ijaa N. Chambers charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Peyton G. Sorgius charged with speeding in a 55 zone. Brenda C. Angeles Cer- vantes charged with seat belt violation. Ja-Juan L. Myles charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Rolls Cineus charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Ross M. Dilger charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Adam M. Dill charged with speeding. Laura L. Tharp charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Robert A. Hall charged with seat belt violation. Nicholas P. Radwanski charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Jasmine L. Brown charged with child restraint violation; speeding and driving while suspended. Kourtney A. Henderson charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Julia M. Elliott charged with speeding . Lauren M. Lafever charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Tarah R. Faw charged with speeding in a 70 mph zone. Haley M. Osborne charged with speeding in a 55 mph zone. I'm A widower with three minor children —What about social security? Dear Rusty: My wife passed away a few days ago and I have three children - ages 15, 11, and 10. Is there anything I need to do? Signed: Suddenly Widowed. Dear Suddenly Widowed: We are so sorr y to hear of your wife's passing; please accept our condolences for your loss. Here's what you need to know about Social Security: • Your wife's minor children will all be eligible for a sur vivor benefit, which will be based upon the Social Security benefit amount your wife had earned up to the month she died. The children can collect their sur vivor benefit until they are 18 years old (or 19 if they are still in high school). • The standard minor child benefit amount is 75 percent of your wife's "pri- mar y insurance amount" (or PIA, which is the benefit she had earned until she died) but, since there will be three chil- dren collecting, the Family Maximum will apply. The Family Maximum limits total sur vivor benefits to between 150 percent and 180 percent of your wife's PIA. Typically, with three sur vivors, the Family Maximum should come out to about 175 percent of your wife's PIA. Social Security will determine these numbers when you apply for benefits for the children, which you should do by calling 1.800.772.1213, or making an appointment at your local SS field office (find it at www.ssa.gov/locator). The fu- neral home which handled your wife's arrangements will send a copy of her death cer tifi- cate to Social Security, but SS will probably require you to provide each child's Social Security number and bir th cer tificate, and you may also need to provide your wife's death cer tificate if they ask for it. As each child becomes age-ineligible for minor child benefits, the benefit for each remaining minor child will auto- matically increase, up to their maximum 75 percent of your wife's PIA. • Because your children are minors, you will need to act as their Representa- tive Payee. Social Security will guide you through that when you contact them to apply for benefits for the children, but it essentially means that their benefits will be paid directly to you and you will be ob- ligated to use that money on behalf of the children. You can review Social Security's Representative Payee rules at this link: www.ssa.gov/payee/. • Regardless of your age, as your wife's sur viving spouse with minor chil- dren you could be eligible for a "child in care" sur viving spouse benefit until the youngest child is 16, but you should be aware of the following: If you are working full time, you prob- ably will be ineligible for child-in-care spouse benefits because of your earnings. Social Security imposes an earnings limit for those col- lecting early spousal or sur- vivor benefits. If you are eligible for child- in-care benefits and collect the same, it would detract from the benefit amount each of your children will get because of the Family Max- imum discussed above. In other words, the Family Maximum amount (which Social Security will determine based on your wife's PIA) is the total amount that can be paid out on your wife's record, regardless of how many sur vivors are collecting. As your wife's spouse, you will also be entitled to a one-time lump sum death benefit of $255, which you can request when you speak with Social Security. Once again, please accept our condolenc- es on the loss of your wife. I hope the above information is helpful at this diffi- cult time. To submit a question, visit website (amacfoundation.or g/pr ograms/so- cial-security-advisor y) or email ssadvi- sor@amacfoundation.org. Real or fake? Listings for half-million dollar homes As the countr y's distended hous- ing market evolves like a deranged Pokemon, you may have been tempted to peruse a local open house. Or, you may have developed a habit of neuroti- cally browsing real estate listings, won- dering how long you will be captive in your current situation. Haha, who would do that??? As the Federal Reser ve plans to tamp down the economy and reset the out-of- control home market, house sales are finally cooling of f. The bonkers real es- tate listings, though, will not be stopped so easily. They embody le spirit of the times: "With a little ingenuity, a fifth loan and a years-long commitment to cohab- itating with a contractor named Timmy, you might be able to get, eh, 20% closer to the home of your dreams. Room for pool!" To pass time until the inevitable fi- nancial fallout, let's play a game. The following listings are from the Tampa Bay region of Florida, site of one of the largest home price spikes in the na- tion. Your mission is to decide if these spots for homes in the $500,000 range are real, or if I made them up. The an- swer key is at the bottom. Don't cheat, unless unimpor tant acts of rebellion make you feel alive in a world evading your understanding, in which case, proceed. No. 1: Opportunities abound for the creative buyer. Kitchen pantr y could be converted into a home office, nurser y, wet bar or reading nook. No. 2: Paint throughout! No. 3: 5 min to the new TESLA FACIL- ITY. No. 4: Sip coffee while gazing on a re- tention pond water view from three expo- sures. No. 5: This is not in a flood zone like most homes in the area. No. 6: Location, lo- cation, location! Only six miles from Publix, 12 miles from mid- dle/high school and a quick 45-minute drive to restaurants, shops and nightlife. No. 7: You could rehab this cozy home and sit poolside, you could tear it down and build your dream home in one of South Tampa's most desirable neighbor- hoods, or you could build a second home on the property and use it as an in-law suite or a rental opportunity (buyers are encouraged to do their due diligence and confirm with City and County exactly what is allowed). No. 8: Historic smell will transport you to another era. No. 9: Let's start with the front porch. In a time before the hustle and bustle that we live in now there were front porches. A place to congregate with neighbors and sip on your favorite beverage, a nice op- portunity to unwind before dinner. No. 10: Situated just steps from the highway, the sound of cars will lull you to sleep at night. Easy airport access! No. 11: Has a tenant you can keep if you wish, he has no lease, month to month. No. 12: Sold as is. Needs extensive ren- ovation, priced accordingly. No. 13: The Family Room could be a 3rd Bedroom. There is a Large Closet That Allows for A Lot of Storage Space. The Current Owner used it as an Additional Pantr y, Storage, And for Hanging Clothes. The Washer/Dr yer in the Garage used to be in the Closet in the Family Room... plumbing is still there so ver y easy to move back. No. 14: All windows fully functional, roof in place, floors level, termites have been re- cently eradicated. No. 15: Open the slider doors and win- dows during the cool months and your guests can move about with ease. No. 16: This home boasts a kitchen. No. 17: And when you have yard waste, no worries, there is an abundance of re- ceptacles. No. 18: Washer & dr yer doesn't con- vey! No. 19: Neighbor with large political flags bearing F-word is actually nice guy. No. 20: This Saint Petersburg one-sto- r y home offers a patio. Key: 1) fake; 2) fake; 3) real; 4) fake; 5) real; 6) fake; 7) real; 8) fake; 9) real; 10) fake; 11) real; 12) real; 13) real; 14) fake; 15) real; 16) fake; 17) real; 18) real; 19) fake; 20) real. Stephanie Hayes is a columnist at the Tampa Bay Times in Florida. Follow her at @stephhayes on Twitter or @stephrhayes on Instagram. tal consent relative to states that do not. Easier access to puberty blockers and cross- sex hormones by minors actually exacerbated suicide rates. Impor tantly, we do not obser ve any dif ference between these groups of states in the suicide rates among young adults who would be unaf fected by pol- icies that facilitate cross- sex dr ugs for minors. Suicide rates accelerate only among young people who could be af fected by policies easing access to these dr ugs. The relative increase in suicide rates only occurs after cross-sex treatments are introduced, and the trajector y of the increase matches the prev- alence of these inter ven- tions. Given these elevated sui- cide risks, state and federal governments should re- verse the push to make pu- ber ty blockers and cross- sex hormones more widely and readily available to mi- nors. We find that facilitating access to these treatments without parental consent is par ticularly dangerous. This suggests that law- makers should instead adopt a parental bill of rights to ensure that par- ents are informed and involved in these critical decisions about their own children. Despite what left-lean- ing activists may tell us, science does not demon- strate that puber ty block- ers and cross-sex hor- mones are necessar y to prevent suicides. In fact, if anything, it demonstrates the opposite. Jay P. Greene is a senior re- search fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Center for Edu- cation Policy. My So Called Millennial Life By Stephanie Hayes KIDS Continued from page 2 STOP it takes 3 MINUTES to subscribe to 812-354-8500 Social Security Matters By Rusty Gloor NEWS! Want to share your news with others? The Press-Dispatch can help deliver it to Pike and the surrounding counties. 812-354-8500