Secret Service agent charged with felonies in beatings police say were fraternity hazing
Read full article: Secret Service agent charged with felonies in beatings police say were fraternity hazingFlorida authorities have arrested a U.S. Secret Service agent and two other men on felony charges, saying they committed brutal beatings as part of a fraternity hazing ritual.
Your Florida Daily: Former school board member accused of stealing $100K from district, Orlando preps for Olympic trials
Read full article: Your Florida Daily: Former school board member accused of stealing $100K from district, Orlando preps for Olympic trialsFormer Miami-Dade School Board Vice Chair Lubby Navarro is accused of using her district credit cards for personal purposes, like buying groceries, appliances, beauty products and vacations.
Former Florida school board member arrested, accused of stealing $100K from district
Read full article: Former Florida school board member arrested, accused of stealing $100K from districtFormer Miami-Dade School Board Vice Chair Lubby Navarro is accused of making about $100,000 worth of unauthorized purchases on her district credit cards for personal purposes, according to News 6 partner Local 10 News.
Ex-Florida police officers accused of beating homeless man
Read full article: Ex-Florida police officers accused of beating homeless manTwo former South Florida police officers turned themselves in to face felony charges over the beating of a homeless man who had been drinking outside a shopping center last month.
‘Great Resignation’ hits Florida state attorneys, public defenders offices
Read full article: ‘Great Resignation’ hits Florida state attorneys, public defenders officesThe Orange-Osceola state attorney says the Great Resignation has hit her office. Monique Worrell says she is facing double-digit job vacancies from attorneys down to support staff.
Officials: 3 Florida officers charged in separate incidents
Read full article: Officials: 3 Florida officers charged in separate incidentsThree South Florida police officers are facing criminal charges in separate incidents: two accused of using excessive force during arrests and the other accused of purposefully shooting a fellow officer with a Taser stun gun.
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4th person accused of stealing IDs from victims in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: 4th person accused of stealing IDs from victims in Florida condo collapseAuthorities say a fourth person has been accused of stealing the identities of victims in the South Florida condominium collapse that killed 98 people.
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Officials: 3 arrests made in condo collapse victim ID thefts
Read full article: Officials: 3 arrests made in condo collapse victim ID theftsProsecutors say three people have been arrested on charges involving the theft of the identities of some of the victims of June’s deadly South Florida condominium collapse.
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Prosecutors pursue hate crime charges against Florida doctor in social distancing attack
Read full article: Prosecutors pursue hate crime charges against Florida doctor in social distancing attackMIAMI – Florida prosecutors announced Monday that they are pursuing hate crime charges against a South Florida doctor accused of attacking a Hispanic man at a supermarket. Wright was originally arrested last month, several weeks after the attack was reported. Officials said the attack took place the day President Joe Biden took office. Hospital officials announced after her arrest that Wright, who was contracted to work there, was no longer responsible for patient care at the Miami Beach hospital. Use the form below to sign up for the ClickOrlando.com Strange Florida newsletter, sent every Friday.
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Human trafficking suspect accused of preying on Lakeland teen he met on dating app
Read full article: Human trafficking suspect accused of preying on Lakeland teen he met on dating appLAKELAND, Fla. – A human trafficking suspect tricked an 18-year-old Lakeland woman he met on a dating app into thinking he wanted to be her boyfriend so he could instead take her to Miami and force her into prostitution, according to prosecutors. Both are facing human trafficking charges. Once there, he told the victim he ran an escort service and introduced her to Thomas, according to the report. Hopson is accused of sexually abusing the victim before driving her back to Lakeland. Both are facing charges of human trafficking, forcing someone into prostitution, renting space to be used for prostitution, deriving support from proceeds of prostitution and unlawful used of a communications device.
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Former Florida commissioner sentenced for taking bribes from strip club owner
Read full article: Former Florida commissioner sentenced for taking bribes from strip club ownerNORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Former North Miami Beach Commissioner Frantz Pierre has been sentenced to two years of community control with a GPS monitor followed by four years of reporting probation for taking bribes from a strip club owner, prosecutors announced on Wednesday. According to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, Pierre pleaded guilty to taking $12,500 in bribes from the business owner for his city commission vote to allow extended after-hours liquor sales at the strip club, News 6 partner Local 10 reported. According to his arrest warrant, investigators found that Dean Tyler, the owner of Dean’s Gold strip club, paid Pierre the $12,500 in bribes from December 2013 to September 2014 to vote in his favor. Pierre also pleaded guilty to stealing $2,000 from the city through a fraudulent grant application, prosecutors said. Neither I nor the skilled investigators of my Public Corruption Task Force will ever allow that to happen.”Prosecutors said Pierre pleaded guilty to all charges.
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4 dozen undelivered ballots found at Florida post office
Read full article: 4 dozen undelivered ballots found at Florida post officeHOMESTEAD, Fla. – Postal and law enforcement officials are investigating after four dozen mail-in ballots were found undelivered at a post office in Florida. Postal Service Office investigators said Saturday they found six completed ballots and 42 blank ballots among piles of undelivered mail in a post office near Homestead on the Florida peninsula’s southern tip. Video taken by a postal worker shows they had been sitting there for more than a week. Postal officials did not immediately respond to an email Saturday asking how the backlog occurred and if anyone is facing discipline. The investigation was launched Friday after Florida House Minority Leader Kionne McGhee tweeted video taken by a postal worker of the piles of undelivered mail.
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White man charged with pointing gun at Black homeowner
Read full article: White man charged with pointing gun at Black homeownerMIAMI A white Florida man has been charged after he pointed a gun at a Black homeowner and accused the other man of stealing a flyer from his own mailbox, authorities said. After the victim retrieved the card for Fucheck's real estate business, Fucheck drove back down the street, exited the SUV and began yelling obscenities at the victim, officials said. Fucheck accused the victim of stealing the card, despite the victim's insistence that it was his home and his mailbox. Officials said Fucheck pulled out a handgun and demanded the card back. Jail records didnt list an attorney for Fucheck who could comment on the charges.
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