{"id":49238,"date":"2024-08-30T16:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=49238"},"modified":"2024-08-30T17:12:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T21:12:30","slug":"pastor-scott-and-cindy-thomas-of-free-life-chapel-in-lakeland-refuse-to-talk-about-corey-hodges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/08\/30\/pastor-scott-and-cindy-thomas-of-free-life-chapel-in-lakeland-refuse-to-talk-about-corey-hodges\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Scott and Cindy Thomas of Free Life Chapel in Lakeland refuse to talk about Corey Hodges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"b6a0a2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"202\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pastor-Scott-and-Cindy-Thomas.webp?resize=239%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49068 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b6a0a2; width:337px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Lakeland Gazette<\/em> tried numerous times to reach Pastor Scott and Cindy Thomas and they have refused to call us back.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"897a71\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/267419_standard_r1080x720.png?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49070 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #897a71; width:422px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/267419_standard_r1080x720.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/267419_standard_r1080x720.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/267419_standard_r1080x720.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>FACTS<\/strong>&nbsp;on Corey Hodges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2007\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"dedacd\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dedacd;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"179\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Marijuana-.jpeg?resize=282%2C179&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49073 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bArrested for possession of&nbsp;Marijuana&nbsp;and introducing a controlled substance into&nbsp;Tomoka Correctional&nbsp;Institution&nbsp;where he worked as a correctional officer.&nbsp;(Feb 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bCharges were dropped after he completed a diversion program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bHodges gave up his correctional officer certification in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-flaglerlive wp-block-embed-flaglerlive\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hkXWKfe5EB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flaglerlive.com\/corey-hodges-arrest\/\">Palm Coast Child Specialist at Rehab Center for Adolescents Arrested on Molestation Charges<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Palm Coast Child Specialist at Rehab Center for Adolescents Arrested on Molestation Charges&#8221; &#8212; FlaglerLive\" src=\"https:\/\/flaglerlive.com\/corey-hodges-arrest\/embed\/#?secret=QNz8uGmWUC#?secret=hkXWKfe5EB\" data-secret=\"hkXWKfe5EB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;2008 \u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"e0e8e6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"306\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-0.webp?resize=800%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49074 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e0e8e6; width:452px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-0.webp?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-0.webp?resize=300%2C115&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-0.webp?resize=768%2C294&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bHodges began working as a child specialist at Stewart-Marchmen&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;A&nbsp;Behavioral Healthcare.&nbsp;(Feb 2008) and was fired when the information&nbsp;arose about girls coming forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b&nbsp;&nbsp;**&nbsp;15-year-old&nbsp;girl&nbsp;\u2013 allegedly molested twice by Hodges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bHodges told her not to tell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bOn the 3rd&nbsp;occasion, the same girl broke her finger playing&nbsp;basketball and&nbsp;Hodges drove her home ALONE to&nbsp;Halifax&nbsp;hospital against policy&nbsp;to go alone where he allegedly sexually&nbsp;assaulted&nbsp;her again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">** &nbsp;17&nbsp;and 18-year-old girls&nbsp;said he would often&nbsp;ask&nbsp;for hugs and make comments about other girls\u2019 bodies and tell them they&nbsp;should be strippers because of their bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">** &nbsp;&nbsp;A 14-year-old&nbsp;girl&nbsp;said she was ordered to get out of bed while going through heroin&nbsp;withdrawal. &nbsp;She told&nbsp;him&nbsp;she was naked. She got up and tried to cover herself with blankets when Hodges ordered her to drop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Sheriff\u2019s Office report said Hodges is seen on&nbsp;video&nbsp;going into a girl\u2019s&nbsp;bedroom&nbsp;and touching her inappropriately.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hodges denied these&nbsp;allegations,&nbsp;but&nbsp;video&nbsp;footage&nbsp;shows him entering the&nbsp;girls\u2019&nbsp;rooms alone which was again against policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was arrested by the Flagler Country Sheriff\u2019s&nbsp;office and taken to jail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-na-daytona wp-block-embed-na-daytona\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JobSiNzGTt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nadaytona.org\/2012\/09\/08\/12-step-vince-carter-employed-corey-hodges-after-his-felony-arrest-at-tomoka-state-prison-for-smuggling-drugs\/\">12 Step Vince Carter Employed Corey Hodges After His Felony Arrest at Tomoka State Prison For Smuggling Drugs<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;12 Step Vince Carter Employed Corey Hodges After His Felony Arrest at Tomoka State Prison For Smuggling Drugs&#8221; &#8212; NA DAYTONA\" src=\"https:\/\/nadaytona.org\/2012\/09\/08\/12-step-vince-carter-employed-corey-hodges-after-his-felony-arrest-at-tomoka-state-prison-for-smuggling-drugs\/embed\/#?secret=JobSiNzGTt\" data-secret=\"JobSiNzGTt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2013- He worked at a residential adolescent program (RAP) where he allegedly molested a boy during a strip search.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"dae1e5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"205\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2020d1a5-361c-4055-b180-9a6ab5f59866-logo-black.webp?resize=800%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49075 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dae1e5; width:492px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2020d1a5-361c-4055-b180-9a6ab5f59866-logo-black.webp?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2020d1a5-361c-4055-b180-9a6ab5f59866-logo-black.webp?resize=300%2C77&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2020d1a5-361c-4055-b180-9a6ab5f59866-logo-black.webp?resize=768%2C197&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2018- 2019 \u2013 Hodges was hired by Flagler Schools as a substitute teacher. Hodges\u2019s job as a substitute,&nbsp;he lied on his application about&nbsp;his&nbsp;criminal history answering no to having a prior arrest or convictions which is the reason he was fired once they found out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019 \u2013 Hodges was an active substitute teacher at both Indian Trails Middle School and Bunnel Elementary School and was FIRED from both.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"ddddd7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/images.png?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49076 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ddddd7; width:307px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/images.png?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/images.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2020 to present \u2013 Hired at Excel&nbsp;<strong>without&nbsp;<\/strong>extensive background&nbsp;check, if they did they would realize why he isn\u2019t allowed to teach at public schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hodges is also a coach at Free Life Chapel \u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"282523\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #282523;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"196\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/456812715_462830110086099_8960686587760168078_n-jpg.webp?resize=261%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49100 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.9 million dollars&nbsp;made&nbsp;in state school scholarship funding in 2023 and it\u2019s alleged Excel Christian Academy is rigging the grades to look as though kids are passing and then when they transfer out the parents quickly realize how far behind their children are.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changed behavior starts with staying away from situations that got you in trouble in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many concerned parents have unenrolled their children days after finding out about this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are deeply worried about the safety of other children there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This needs to be a concern that is taken seriously and just because all of this is in the past, the past never leaves a person when it comes to the sexual assault of a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jddelay5150\/video\/7408593330235329823\" data-video-id=\"7408593330235329823\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@jddelay5150\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jddelay5150?refer=embed\">@jddelay5150<\/a> <p>Excel Christian Academy in Lakeland, Florida, Did you really expect to just sweep this under the rug? <a title=\"fyp\u30b7\u309aviral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp%E3%82%B7%E3%82%9Aviral?refer=embed\">#fyp\u30b7\u309aviral<\/a> <a title=\"florida\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/florida?refer=embed\">#florida<\/a> <a title=\"help\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/help?refer=embed\">#help<\/a> <a title=\"viral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/viral?refer=embed\">#viral<\/a> <a title=\"trending\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/trending?refer=embed\">#trending<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - JD Delay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7408593265101998878?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; JD Delay<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakeland Gazette tried numerous times to reach Pastor Scott and Cindy Thomas and they have refused to call us back. 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