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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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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