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Pooh Shiesty has been indicted and taken into federal custody in connection to the October 2020 shooting in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida that left two people wounded, Miami Herald reports. Investigators were aided by Instagram photos which show Shiesty flaunting “several long rifles and plethora of $100.00 bills.” One of the bills inside a Louis Vuitton bag […]
California has added Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia to a list of states where state-funded travel is banned due to discriminatory laws against the LGBTQ community, CNN reports. These latest states were included for passing legislation which targets transgender people, most recently laws that prevent trans women and girls from competing in women’s sports. California Attorney General Rob […]
A beachfront condo tower in the Miami, Florida area partially collapsed early Thursday, leaving at least one person dead. Overnight, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department announced they were on the scene of a partial building collapse in the town of Surfside. At the time, more than 80 units were confirmed to be on the scene, […]
1 person is dead and another seriously injured after a truck slammed into spectators observing the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade. The event took place north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As reported by The Associated Press, police believed the act to be an accident but said they were investigating all possibilities. “To my knowledge it was an […]
Security on a cruise ship found 69.5 pounds of cocaine stashed on board last week. Upon docking the vessel at a port in Florida, they turned it over to officers for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to a statement from that agency. CBP officers who were stationed at the Port Everglades seaport were alerted about garbage […]
On the fifth anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, President Joe Biden pledged to sign a bill designating the site as a national memorial. “Five years ago today in Orlando in the middle of Pride Month, our nation suffered the deadliest attack affecting the LGBTQ+ community in American history, and axat the time, the deadliest mass shooting by […]
Two Florida cousins have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder related to the shooting of a 17-year-old in a Polk County park earlier this week. Fox 13 reports deputies have identified the 16-year-old suspects as Jevon Berrien Jr. and Margus Johnson, of Bartow, Florida. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, the deadly shooting occurred when the […]
A Weeki Wachee, Florida man is fighting several charges after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian with his car, the state highway patrol reports. 28-year-old Joseph Charles Strickland was driving north of Tampa on Sunday morning when he struck a 32-year-old man with his car. Instead of stopping to contact the police, Strickland kept driving with […]
In what authorities are describing as an “overhand” throw that “wasn’t a nice underhand handoff,” a Florida man reportedly tossed a baby at police after a car chase and is now facing felony charges. Police say the man, John Henry James III, chucked a two-month-old at authorities from six feet away and is facing charges for aggravated child abuse […]
An investigation has been launched into a shooting early Sunday morning in Florida that left three dead and six others injured, WPLG reports. Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez said the incident occurred at around 2 a.m. as people were starting to leave a graduation party in Kendall. A dark Chevy Malibu and a white Toyota […]
