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ACLU condemns prosecution of Florida teen over lesbian relationship
In a statement released Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida condemned the statutory rape prosecution of 18-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt. “The facts as we understand them suggest that the state is prosecuting Kaitlyn for engaging in behavior that is both fairly innocuous and extremely common,” the organization said. Kaitlyn…
Florida deputy rehired despite checkered police past
A sheriff’s deputy in Broward County, Florida was rehired and assigned to a local courthouse despite being the subject of five internal affairs investigations and allegations of sexual misconduct dating back more than 20 years. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on Tuesday that 53-year-old Edwin Sanchez was hired on April…
Hacker encourages Florida motorists to ‘smoke weed erryday’
A clever hacker broke into an LED highway sign in Winter Park, Florida on Saturday night and reprogrammed it to read: “Smoke week erryday.” The sign was clearly visible from Minnesota Avenue, Florida-based WFTV 9 reported. It originally displayed a message about a pending road closure. Road signs like this…
Florida 13-year-old shoots 6-year-old sister playing hide-and-seek
Homicide detectives in Broward County, Florida are talking with a 13-year-old boy who they believe shot his 6-year-old sister. According to NBC Miami, the shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. in Oakland Park on Saturday night. “They were playing hide and go seek. I don’t know how it went down…
Florida man dials 911 demanding ‘Kool-Aid, burgers and weed’
Police in St. Petersburg, Florida arrested arrested a man for making nuisance 911 calls on Sunday. According to the Associated Press, 34-year-old Jarvis Sutton dialed 911 about 80 times on Sunday. A St. Petersburg Police spokesperson told the AP that Sutton wanted “Kool-Aid, burgers and weed to be delivered to…
LSD-tripping Florida man claims to be God and asks police to cut off his penis
A 19-year-old Florida man, who said he had taken psychedelic drugs, was arrested after telling police that he was God and then allegedly assaulting an officer. Police in Gainesville were called to Campus Club Apartments at around 1 a.m. on Saturday by residents who said they witnessed Michael Joseph Silecchia…
Florida pot grower busted for manufacturing ‘high-end assault rifles’
Police in Port St. Lucie, Florida announced on Wednesday that they had arrested a couple on charges related to a “weapons manufacturing warehouse” and a marijuana growing operations, according to TCPalm. WPTV reported that a traffic stop made by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office earlier in the week led to…
Florida police arrest state’s biggest alleged distributor of child pornography
Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers arrested 51-year-old John Shearen of Leesberg, Florida on Thursday on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. According to Orlando’s WFTV Channel 9, police found Shearen to be in possession of between 500,000 and 1 million full-length pornographic films featuring minor children. Police…
Officials call off search for Florida sinkhole victim
Officials in Florida announced on Saturday that they have called off the search for the 36-year-old man who was swallowed by a sinkhole under his bedroom late Thursday night. NBC News reported that authorities had not been able to locate Jeffrey Bush since he disappeared after the hole appeared under…
Dog shoots Florida man with ‘unloaded’ gun
Police in Sebring, Florida say a man told them that his dog accidentally shot him in the leg with a gun that he thought was unloaded. Gregory Dale Lanier of Frostproof was riding in his truck on Feb. 23 when the dog knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor of…
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