Jury Hears Taped Pitch To Make Deal

“For $1 Million You Get Me Off Your Back,” Dr. James Pendergraft Said To A Top Marion County Official. By Pedro Ruz Gutierrez of The Sentinel Staff OCALA — Nearly three years ago, Dr. James Pendergraft telephoned the chairman of…

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Cretul testifies at Federal trial

By Rick Cundiff, Staff Writer, Ocala Star Banner OCALA — Dr. James Scott Pendergraft IV made Marion County Commissioner Larry Cretul three offers in March 1998. In a telephone conversation, Pendergraft said he would agree not to perform abortions in…

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Testimony Begins in Pendergraft Trial

By Rick Cundiff, Staff Writer, Ocala Star Banner OCALA — Michael Spielvogel told Marion County Commissioner Larry Cretul in 1997 that Dr. James Scott Pendergraft IV wouldn’t open an abortion clinic in Ocala if the county paid Spielvogel and Pendergraft…

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Pendergraft trial begins, 1/3/2001

By Rick Cundiff, Staff Writer, Ocala Star Banner OCALA — With abortion-rights supporters picketing outside the courthouse and abortion opponents picketing his clinic two blocks away, the federal extortion trial of Dr. James Scott Pendergraft IV began Tuesday. Jury selectio…

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Extortion trial start postponed

By Rick Cundiff, Staff Writer, Ocala Star Banner OCALA — The extortion trial of Dr. James Scott Pendergraft IV, which was scheduled to start in federal court Monday, instead was postponed due to the death of Pendergraft’s grandmother. Pendergraft’s lawyers,…

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Extortion Case Delayed, 12/12/2000

OCALA — The trial of an Orlando abortion doctor charged with extortion was postponed Monday until January. The trial of Dr. James Pendergraft and business associate Michael Spielvogel was set to begin Monday, but was canceled by U. S. District…

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Judge gives psych evaluation thumbs-down

By Rick Cundiff, Staff Wrier, Ocala Star Banner OCALA — A psychological evaluation of Michael Spielvogel won’t be allowed into evidence at the extortion trial of Spielvogel and abortion clinic doctor James Scott Pendergraft. U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary R. Jones…

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