April 27: A ferry crash was reported at 8:43 p.m.
- The City of Clearwater said the crash left multiple injured, with six listed as trauma alerts.
April 28: Victim who died in the crash identified
- Jose Castro, 41, of Palm Harbor, was identified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) as the victim who passed away after the crash.
April 30: Jeffry Knight stepped down from his position at Jannus Live
- FWC said Knight's private boat hit the Ferry on April 27 and left the scene after the crash.
May 2: ABC Action News uncovered Jeffry Knight was involved in a 2019 boat crash
- The ABC Action News I-team obtained pictures and reports from that 2019 crash, which resembled the recent one in some ways.
May 5: Victims called for justice and arrest
- As Castro's family laid him to rest, calls for justice were growing louder.
May 7: First lawsuit filed by Light and Wyatt Law Group
- Negligence suit filed against Jeffry Knight by passenger involved in deadly ferry crash.
May 8: Clearwater Ferry resumed operations
- The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) stated that safety is its top priority, and in its ten years of operation, the Clearwater Ferry had never experienced an incident or injury prior to April 27.
June 16: Search warrants showed Knight's boat did not take on water
- This contradicted Knight's previous claims to a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputy that he left the scene because his boat was taking on water and there was an infant on board.
July 1: Three more lawsuits were filed
- Six of those injured passengers filed three separate lawsuits in Pinellas County last week against Jeffry Knight and Mad Toys III, the company that owns the 38-foot-long boat involved.
July 28: FWC arrested and charged Knight
- FWC said Jeffry Knight was arrested and charged with eight felony counts of leaving the scene of a boating accident involving death.
July 29: FWC to hold press conference at Clearwater Police Department
'I’m just scared!' Insurance denials halt chemotherapy treatment for FL woman with 'aggressive' breast cancer
Months have passed since Mary Barnes had a double mastectomy to treat an “aggressive” form of breast cancer. Now her treatments have been put on hold because of insurance denials.
