Archive for Florida
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
A Daytona Beach, Fla. man was arrested on New Years eve after he forgot he forgot his 2-month-old infant at a strip club he was patronizing. Kenneth Rowe, Jr., 26, was arrested after he left the infant in the arms of a store clerk whom he asked to hold the baby while he went outside ... read more »
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
It would appear that a 34-year-old woman in Florida has killed her two children and then hung herself from a ceiling fan, committing suicide–this according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The two murders and the suicide took place in the family’s home. After receiving a call for help, deputies responded to a house in ... read more »
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Thursday, September 6th, 2012
A Naples, Florida, man has been arrested and charged with one count of incest after one of his relatives fell pregnant and named him as the father. Anthony Alan Larde, 20, was allegedly having sex with a female relative who became pregnant. She hid a positive pregnancy test in her sock drawer. According to reports, ... read more »
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are investigating a woman they believe is connected to a dead newborn baby that was found in a dumpster on August 1oth. Alexandria Sladon-Marler, 33, went to the Emergency Room at Broward General Medical Center that same day. “They asked her what she thought she was suffering from,” Detective DeAnna Garcia ... read more »
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
The 18-year-old son of a couple running a home day care was arrested Monday on sexual abuse charges amid accusations from two girls authorities describe as “under the age of twelve.” Police say that the parents of the girls, who are sisters, told them that the girls got very upset every day last week when it was time for ... read more »
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Monday, June 11th, 2012
February 2013 will see the setting sail of the Carnival Cruise liner Carnival Freedom. The eight-day Panama cruise will offer the usual amenities that one has come to expect from the cruise giant, such as multiple pools, a dance club, and various other attractions. One thing that will be absent from this cruise however, the ... read more »
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Thursday, May 31st, 2012
A St. Petersburg, Florida, mother allegedly choked a 14-year-old boy at the Tyrone Square Mall over nasty comments he made about her daughter on Facebook. Debbie Piscitella, a mother of three, was allegedly caught on store camera grabbing the boy’s backpack and choking him, leaving red marks on his neck. Debbie was at the mall ... read more »
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Amanda Logue, who performed in various adult films under the name Sunny Dae, has plead guilty to lesser charges following accusations that she and her boyfriend, Jason Andrews, beat and stabbed tattoo shop owner Dennis Abrahamsen after a sex party two years ago, which could still land her in prison for up to 40 years. Back ... read more »
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Monday, May 21st, 2012
Jonathan Davis, 40, a retired chiropractor from south Florida, has been charged with lewd and lascivious behavior following a March 25 incident where he followed three young girls, ages 5 through 8, through a Burlington Coat Factory and trying to record them on his cell phone while touching himself. An alert security guard caught on ... read more »
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
12-year-old Justin Allen’s heroic act of bravery and quick thinking saved the lives of his three younger brothers and three-year-old sister on Sunday when he single handedly rescued each of them from their burning home. The Milton, Florida home caught fire at around 2 a.m. on Mother’s Day. Justin’s mother, Tiffanie Jackson, was working the ... read more »
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
We’ve all seen people try it at the fast food counter. A customer asks for a free cup of water then slyly sneaks a refill of fountain soda instead. A Naples, Fla. McDonald’s employee claims that was exactly what Mark Abaire, 52, did last week when he received a courtesy cup from the restaurant. Unfortunately ... read more »
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Friday, April 20th, 2012
Florida police were surprised when they went to follow up on a complaint about prostitution and drugs at a hotel and were greeted by a young boy. A manager at the Candlewood Suites tipped off the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office about the possible illegal activity in one of its rooms, and when officers arrived they reported ... read more »
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Thursday, April 12th, 2012
A Maryland woman learned the hard way that one should check age of consent laws before traveling across state lines to have sex with a teenager. Lisa Carroll, 39, met a 16-year-old Florida boy playing the online game War2 Glory, a multi-player interactive game set during World War II. But police say Carroll took the ... read more »
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Thursday, April 12th, 2012
A man and his girlfriend have been arrested after a young girl told police she was told to watch the couple have sex. Scott Joseph Trader, 26, and Katrina Anay Varner, 19, have been charged with felony lewd or lascivious exhibition after Port St. Lucie, Fla., police talked to the girl, now 6, who said ... read more »
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Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, said that she believes the shooting of her son was “an accident.” Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., in late February. Zimmerman claimed that Martin attacked him, and he shot in self-defense. After more than a month of protests ... read more »
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