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, ...

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

Richard Kowalczyk and his partner Eric Patrick ‘both very clearly engaged in predatory deviant sexual behavior towards minors ...

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 ...

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 “Rick” Kowalczyk and Eric Patrick were arrested earlier this month, according to federal court documents. Kowalczyk is the owner of the Southern Nights nightclub, which has locations in both ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - The owner of a popular Ybor City nightclub and his partner were accused of transmitting child pornography and conspiring to solicit a minor for sex acts, according to federal ...

According to federal court filings, Eric Patrick and Richard “Rick” Kowalczyk were taken into custody earlier this month. Who Is Rick Kowalczyk? Rick Kowalczyk owns the popular Southern Nights ...

Richard Kowalczyk, 44, who until recently owned the well-known LGBTQ hangout Southern Nights, and his romantic partner Eric Patrick, 31, a teacher, were arrested earlier this month after being ...

WARNING: This story includes graphic details. Reader discretion is advised. The owner of a Ybor City LGBTQ+ nightclub, Southern Nights, and his romantic partner have been charged with multiple ...