The proprietor of the well-known nightclub Southern Nights in Ybor City, Florida, Richard Rick Kowalczyk and his partner were charged with soliciting a juvenile for sex activities and sending child ...

The co-owner of Southern Nights and other LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs in Orlando and Tampa, and his partner, have been indicted on multiple federal charges including possession and distribution of ...

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An Ybor City bar owner and his romantic partner are facing child porn charges. Richard "Rich" Kowalczyk, the owner of Southern Nights in Ybor City, and his romantic partner Eric Patrick, a teacher, ...

Richard Kowalczyk and his partner Eric Patrick ‘both very clearly engaged in predatory deviant sexual behavior towards minors ...

The owner of Southern Nights, a nightclub located on Bumby Avenue, and another defendant were indicted by a federal grand ...

An indictment filed in Orlando says that between November 2019 and March 2021, nightclub owner Richard Kowalczyk and Eric Patrick "did knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate and ...

The owner of popular Ybor City gay bar Southern Nights and his partner, a teacher, were accused of transmitting child ...

A Central Florida nightclub owner and his partner have been arrested on federal child pornography charges, according to court ...

Richard Kowalczyk and his domestic partner, former Orange County middle school teacher Eric Patrick, were arrested Jan. 2 after a federal grand jury indicted the pair in December on conspiracy and ...

ORLANDO, Florida ( WESH) -- The now former owner of a popular nightclub in Orlando is facing federal charges after an ...

WARNING: This story includes graphic details. Reader discretion is advised. The owner of a Ybor City LGBTQ+ nightclub, Southern Nights, and his romantic partner have been charged with multiple ...