The co-owner of Southern Nights and other LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs in Orlando and Tampa, and his partner, have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Who Is Rick Kowalczyk? Rick Kowalczyk owns the popular Southern Nights nightclub, which has outlets in Orlando and Tampa, whereas Eric Patrick is employed as a teacher. After finding an explicit ...

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

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

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Richard Kowalczyk, 44, who until recently owned the well-known LGBTQ hangout Southern Nights, and his romantic partner Eric Patrick, 31 ...

Richard Kowalczyk and his domestic partner, Eric Patrick, were arrested Jan. 2 after a federal grand jury indicted the pair in December on charges of conspiracy and attempted coercion and ...

The former owner of a thriving Tampa Bay drag and LGBTQ bar and his partner are facing “extremely serious” allegations of child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges, according to ...