Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm Sunday, its record 185 mph winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered in schools, churches and shelters.
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FBI: Florida truck driver threatened mass shooting at Memphis church
INDIANAPOLIS, In. (AP) – A Florida truck driver has been arrested after saying he would commit a mass shooting at a church in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities say in newly filed court records. Thomas Matthew McVicker was apprehended in Indianapolis before the plan could be carried out, according to court papers filed Monday. It’s the most […]
FBI: Florida truck driver threatened mass shooting at Memphis church
INDIANAPOLIS, In. (AP) – A Florida truck driver has been arrested after saying he would commit a mass shooting at a church in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities say in newly filed court records. Thomas Matthew McVicker was apprehended in Indianapolis before the plan could be carried out, according to court papers filed Monday. It’s the most […]
Florida Florida man who pulled gator from pants during traffic stop gets probation
Officials say a Florida Florida man who pulled a small alligator from her yoga pants during a traffic stop and illegally possessed numerous other wild animals has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to four charges.
Florida Florida man who pulled gator from pants during traffic stop gets probation
Officials say a Florida Florida man who pulled a small alligator from her yoga pants during a traffic stop and illegally possessed numerous other wild animals has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to four charges.
Florida Florida man gets 15 years for fatal crash with meth, pot in system
BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for getting into a fatal crash with drugs in his system. The Ledger reports that 40-year-old Oliver Simons Jr. was sentenced last week after pleading no contest to vehicular homicide and four drug-related charges. Authorities say 31-year-old David Bryan was helping […]
Florida Florida man gets 15 years for fatal crash with meth, pot in system
BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for getting into a fatal crash with drugs in his system. The Ledger reports that 40-year-old Oliver Simons Jr. was sentenced last week after pleading no contest to vehicular homicide and four drug-related charges. Authorities say 31-year-old David Bryan was helping […]
Police: Florida Florida man found with meth in vagina claims it isn’t hers
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say they found meth when they did a body cavity search on Florida man who claimed the drug wasn’t hers and she didn’t know how it got there. The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Ashley Rolland of Galliano was arrested July 31 on a felony theft charge […]
Police: Florida Florida man found with meth in vagina claims it isn’t hers
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say they found meth when they did a body cavity search on Florida man who claimed the drug wasn’t hers and she didn’t know how it got there. The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Ashley Rolland of Galliano was arrested July 31 on a felony theft charge […]
Florida doubles efforts to hunt invasive pythons
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Standing in front of a hissing, squirming 12-foot-long python Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s doubling resources to remove the invasive species that’s destroying the natural food chain in Florida’s delicate Everglades. The state has been paying select hunters to catch and kill the invasive snakes on state lands since […]