Marion County, Florida

Workplace Hazing, Battery & Waterboarding at Fire Station 21 in Marion County, Florida: Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice and the Active $10M+ Bermudez Hazing Institutional-Liability Litigation to Bear, We Pursue the County Fire-Rescue Agency and the On-Duty Leadership for Failing to Intervene, We Preserve the Station Surveillance Footage Before the 30-Day Overwrite, We Pull the Internal-Affairs Files and Personnel Records of All Ten Terminated Employees, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How Municipal Claims Machines Value and Deny These Cases, Florida’s Sovereign Immunity Caps and the Legislative Claims-Bill Path Beyond Them, Belt-Whipping and Simulated-Drowning Trauma to a 19-Year-Old Firefighter, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Injury Victims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

What Happened at Fire Station 21 Was Not Hazing — and You Are Not Alone in This If you are reading this page, you or someone you love was subjected to something that is being called “hazing” in the news. We need you to hear us say this first: what happened at Marion County Fire Rescue Station 21 on November 16, 2025 was not hazing. It was kidnapping. It was battery. It was robbery. It was torture — specifically, waterboarding — committed by coworkers against a 19-year-old who had been with the agency for barely a year, inside a building that was supposed to be his workplace and his refuge. The word “hazing” is a euphemism that protects the people who did this and minimizes what was done to you. We do not use it except to name the culture that allowed it. You may be sitting in a house in Ocala or somewhere across Marion County at a hour when no one should be awake, reading this on a phone, trying to understand whether what happened has a legal answer. It does. The fact that four employees were arrested and six more were fired tells you that the county…

Firefighter Hazing & Waterboarding Torture at Station 21 — Attorney911 & Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice Holding Marion County, Florida Municipal Departments Accountable for Workplace Violence | Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez Hazing Litigation | Pursuing the Intentional Tort Exception to Florida Workers’ Comp Immunity to Overcome Liability Caps | Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows the Claims Machine Playbook | We Preserve Station Surveillance and Social Media Evidence Before the Overwrite — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Marion County Firefighter Hazing: When “Brotherhood” Becomes State-Sponsored Torture When you sign up to be a firefighter in Marion County, Florida, you expect to face fire, smoke, and life-threatening emergencies. You do not expect to face torture at the hands of your own crew. The reported assault at Station 21 on Southwest 90th Street is a stomach-turning betrayal of the public trust. A 19-year-old firefighter was reportedly targeted, stripped, beaten with his own belt, and waterboarded three times by fellow employees—all while on duty. We represent people in crisis, and this is a crisis of culture and supervision. While the criminal system handles the four individuals arrested for kidnapping and battery, the civil justice system is the only tool that can force systemic change. If you are suffering through workplace violence or hazing, we are the team that knows how to peel back the layers of a paramilitary organization to find the truth. The Station 21 Incident: A Breakdown of the Betrayal The facts of this case go far beyond “horseplay” or “locker room culture.” According to the reported investigation, the assault began when the victim refused to participate in a social media video. It escalated into a coordinated attack.…