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Police say a shooting that saw a Melbourne, Florida barber shop owner pulling the trigger on a customer may have been sparked by the customer (who was wounded, by the way) being upset about a past haircut. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon when a masked gunman entered the shop and reportedly pointed his firearm at several […]
A Florida radio host, who referred to himself as “Mr. Anti-Vax,” has died of COVID-19 after a 3-week battle, The Guardian reports. Marc Bernier, 65, who publicly criticized coronavirus vaccination efforts, died on Saturday night, according to Volusia county sheriff Mike Chitwood. “It’s with great sadness that WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announce the passing of Marc Bernier, who informed and entertained […]
Police say a Florida mom was likely having a violent mental health episode when she stabbed her husband and teenage child while also submerging her infant daughter in a bathtub during what she believed to be a baptism attempt. Law enforcement sources that spoke to The Miami Herald say that she was screaming about Jesus and how COVID-19 was […]
Florida’s Orlando residents have been urged to curb their water consumption due to a recent surge in COVID hospitalizations. According to WESH, city mayor Buddy Dyer made the request during a press conference Friday, telling the public to stop watering their lawns and washing their cars for at least one week. Dyer explained that the Orlando Utilities Commission […]
A former University of Miami football player was arrested Thursday in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of his teammate Bryan Pata, NBC Miami reports. Rashaun Jones, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder as part of a joint operation between the Miami-Dade Police Department and U.S. Marshals. “The Pata family has waited a long time […]
Florida’s Collier County School District placed a school employee on administrative leave in response to a video which shows her going on a profanity-laden, racist rant from her car against a mom and her children, NBC2 News reports. Patricia Schmidt, an Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Specialist at Lely Elementary School, was captured on video Saturday using a derogatory term […]
A Florida woman was arrested for masturbating and flashing her breasts during a virtual visit with her inmate boyfriend last week, The Smoking Gun reports. Danielle Ferrero traveled to the Charlotte County jail to see Cody Thomas, but their time together was limited to an hour-long virtual encounter with Ferrero forced to remain inside the Video Visitation Building, while Thomas was kept […]
Fans are outraged after authorities took away a second child from “American Idol” contestant Syesha Mercado, just months after taking away her son. Syesha took to Instagram Live Wednesday to record an encounter with Manatee County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies as they surrounded her vehicle in an attempt to take her days-old daughter from her. The singer […]
A young Florida mother was accidentally shot and killed by her toddler while on a video conference call with co-workers. According to the Washington Post, 21-year-old Shamaya Lynn was killed Wednesday morning inside her Altamonte Springs apartment where she was speaking to her colleagues via Zoom. Authorities say that at one point during the conference call, a loud […]
Florida, a state with political leadership hell-bent on standing in the way of protective pandemic measures, saw four educators in the Broward County school system die within a 24-hour period due to COVID-19. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, per CBS Miami, three Broward County school teachers and one assistant died after contracting COVID-19. At least three of the […]
