Miami Teen Gets Caught With a Fraud To-Do List

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The list included the tasks “Buy Online, Merrick BNK & CCVs” and “Buy 3 phones, 1 clean 2 dirty’s.” When police executed a search warrant at Phyllistone Termine’s North Miami-Dade home in 2016, he was listening to tunes and doing a fraudster’s to-do list that included buying other people’s credit card numbers and security codes. […] »

Marion woman brings child to convenience store armed robbery, deputies say

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A woman is facing felony charges after deputies say she brought her 10-year-old child to an armed robbery in Marion County Friday night. Deputies said 30-year-old Christina Gaud was the driver of the getaway vehicle while her accomplice, 33-year-old Rodney Snow, robbed the shop, according to a press release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. […] »

Argument over Magic the Gathering card game leads to stabbing

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KMSP) – A 31-year-old St. Cloud man is facing assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 20-year-old man seven times over an argument during a Magic the Gathering card game early Friday morning, according to St. Cloud police. Around 12:06 a.m., police responded to the 1200 block of St. Germain Street E on […] »

Traffic stop leads to meth arrest in Silver Springs

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On Friday, June 30, 2017, MCSO Deputy Jason Hunt was leaving a call for service and observed defendant Tina AnnMarie Gilmour (DOB: 12/08/1988) turning north onto SE 170th Avenue Road from East Highway 40 in a red Ford pickup truck. Deputy Hunt had just issued Gilmour a Notice to Appear several days beforehand for Driving […] »

Florida Man Learns the Hard Way Not to Joke About Bar Tab Being Payment to ISIS

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Sometimes, bros will be bros. Pranks will be played, and shenanigans will take place. Sometimes, though, bros being bros can go horribly wrong, especially when alcohol is involved and those bros joke about ISIS on social media. Two Delray Beach roommates recently learned this lesson the hard way when they found themselves under investigation by […] »

Florida to Pay Legal Fees in Case That Kept Doctors From Discussing Guns

Florida will pay $1.1 million in legal fees to a group of doctors that sued the state over a 2011 law.
Florida has agreed to pay $1.1 million in legal fees to lawyers who sued the state over a 2011 law that barred doctors from talking to patients about gun ownership, according to a gun control organization involved in the case. The organization, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said Gov. Rick Scott of Florida […] »

Florida Woman grabs deputy’s crotch, won’t let go

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CRESTVIEW – A woman who grabbed a deputy’s crotch and refused to let go was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and simple assault. The 35-year-old Crestview woman, whose house was too cluttered to allow officers to enter safely, also armed herself with a hammer before coming out of the house. Okaloosa County […] »

How Florida explains our polarized politics

The strategists plotting Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) reelection bid in 2014 faced a problem: The state’s explosive growth, especially in liberal cities like Miami, Orlando and Tampa, was being fueled by an influx of voters likely to back Scott’s Democratic opponent. To win a second term, Scott would have to find votes in unlikely […] »