Dr. Laurie Small, M.D. (left), and Dr. Gretta Fridman, M.D., of New Tampa Eye Institute.
Patients clearly see the focus of the New Tampa Eye Institute — high quality personalized care.
In fact, Michael Alperovich, the CEO and co-founder of New Tampa Eye Institute, located in the Summergate Professional Park (behind Sam’s Club) in Seven Oaks, says, “We have a team of devoted health care professionals standing by to care for you. And, our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, plus the latest in medical record technology, complement the excellent care our doctors provide their patients.”
A Wesley Chapel man has been released after a child abuse arrest involving the man’s fists, a motorcycle helmet and a pencil.
According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), Joseph George Esgro, Jr., of Meadow Pointe, was arrested on Oct. 11 for child abuse following multiple batteries against a 15-year-old boy. The relationship between the two was not disclosed at our press time.
The PCSO report states that the first abusive encounter took place after the unnamed victim admitted to stealing Esgro’s car, for which Esgro allegedly struck the victim in the mouth and temple with a closed fist. The report also states that the second encounter resulted in Esgro being charged with battery using a pencil. Esgro allegedly struck the boy with the pencil, which caused a cut to his bicep and also stabbed him in the shin, just below the knee. Esgro also reportedly struck the victim in the arm with a motorcycle helmet.
Esgro was charged with one count of child abuse and released from the Pasco County jail on a $5,000 bond.
As of October 1, North Tampa Behavioral Health (NTBH), the area’s newest medical facility, officially is open to patients.
The 53,000-sq.-ft., 75-bed facility, which is located on S.R. 56 about a half mile east of Mansfield Blvd. on a Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) outparcel, serves the mental health needs of the surrounding community, providing care for geriatric, general adult, and dual diagnosis patients who may check into the facility Continue reading
More than 25 years from now, Hillsborough County (especially New Tampa) could be hardly recognizable. With abundant growth projected for the region’s future, anything can happen. However, the groups in charge of setting plans in motion to shape the area’s future want to know what you want to see when the calendar reads January 1, 2040. By just filling out an online survey between now and Sunday, October 20, Hillsborough County residents can weigh in on how they want the county to grow.
Above are artists’ renderings of how the three different Imagine 2040 scenarios (l.-r., “Suburban Dream,” “Bustling Metro” and “New Corporate Centers”) could appear, although the actual growth of the county would likely be some combination of the plans.
Two Wesley Chapel residents have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a third Wesley Chapel man.
Matthew Brian Tillman
According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), Matthew Brian Tillman, 25, and Joseph James Berenguer, 27, both of 6300 Tulip Dr. in Angus Valley, were arrested on October 14 on first-degree murder charges for the Oct. 9 shooting of 31-year-old Timothy Leigh Skowronski at a home at 30122 Eastport Dr. in Wesley Chapel. Skowronski died of a gunshot wound to the head on Oct. 11.
PCSO reports that at around 9:20 p.m. on Oct. 9, Tillman and Berenguer traveled to the Eastport Dr. home in a red Toyota Camry with two other unidentified witnesses (who ended up reporting the crime), to rob the victim. Tillman and Berenguer knocked on the rear door of the residence and identified themselves as “Nick.”
When Skowronski opened the door, Tillman had a semi-automatic pistol aimed at him. The victim reportedly went for the gun, but was shot in the head and Tillman and Berenguer fled in the Camry.
Joseph James Berenguer
Tobin says that the victim died of his injuries on Oct. 11 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa. Four people were home at the time of the shooting, the report states.
In addition to first-degree murder, Tillman and Berenguer were each charged with six counts of auto burglary, one count of armed burglary and one count of burglary of an occupied dwelling; Tillman also was charged with one count of grand theft, although details about the additional charges were not available at our press time, as the case was still under investigation.
Tillman and Berenguer remained in custody at the Land O’Lakes Detention Center at our press time.
