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Donations for Injured Child Withheld?

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
Tampa Bay Times
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The Florida Channel
Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

The family of 2-year-old Ireland Nugent, the little girl whose legs were severed in a lawnmower accident, says Pastor Dennis Reid of Trinity Presbyterian Church has been holding about $120,000 in donations hostage. The medical bills are coming in, and the family needs the money, the Tampa Bay Timesreports. 

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