Florida is the Australia of America. I’ve said this before here on BroBible and I’m sure that I’ll say it again. From snakes to gators to sharks to spiders, there are more deadly creatures here in Florida than anywhere else in the country.
I was fishing for largemouth bass yesterday on my day off just a mile from my house and came upon a 7-foot alligator just chilling between some tall grass next to a pond. These creatures are everywhere. In fact, if you see any lake in the state of Florida it’s safer to assume that there’s a gator in there than to assume that the lake is free to swim in.
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Shell casings and cell phone data link the man police arrested Tuesday to four recent murders in Seminole Heights, an arrest report shows.
The two-page report released Wednesday offers new details in the evidence against Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, the 24-year-old Tampa resident charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
Investigators found SIG Sauer brand.40 caliber shell casings at all four of the locations where Monica Hoffa, Benjamin Mitchell, Anthony Naiboa and Ronald Felton were found shot to death between Oct. 9 and Nov. 14, the report states . . .
It was that gun, according to the report, that Howell gave in a food bag to a coworker at an Ybor City McDonald’s on Tuesday afternoon, saying he planned to leave the state. The coworker turned the gun over to a Tampa police officer who was in the restaurant doing paperwork at the time. The Glock had a loaded magazine containing five unfired rounds of .40 caliber ammunition, the report says.
Donaldson told police that “no one except for himself had control of the Glock firearm since his purchase,” Detective Austin Hill wrote in the report. (Read more from “McDonald’s Employee Charged in Florida Serial Killings” HERE)
This is the heartstopping moment a large tiger shark swam within touching distance of oblivious beachgoers.
Unsettling drone footage shows the 8ft black predator swimming close to the Miami coastline yet chooses to appear uninterested in nearby swimmers.
At one point the shark unnervingly etches close to two swimmers enjoying a morning swim.
Photographer Kenny Melendez had been capturing scenic shots of the tourist hotspot last Friday when he noticed the 8 ft predator cruising along the Miami coast.
Speaking to GrindTV Melendez said: “I was shocked to see how close the shark got to the man, and didn’t seem to care at all that the swimmer was in its path. (Read more from “MIAMI BITES: Heartstopping Moment Fearsome Tiger Shark Swims Just Feet Away From Oblivious Paddlers” HERE)
Authorities in Jacksonville say a woman was arrested Tuesday night after she tried to ignite an explosive device during a traffic stop.
Charlaya Moore, 23, was being held in the Duval County jail on charges of possession of a destructive device, aggravated assault on police and resisting police with violence.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Moore was pulled over at around 11:15 p.m. in the Grove Park area of the city. They said Moore refused multiple requests to get out of the car and began reaching under her seat. As one of the officers tried to pull Moore out of the car, she produced out the explosive device and attempted to ignite it. Another police officer got in the passenger’s side of the vehicle and took the device away from Moore. (Read more from “Florida Woman Tried to Set off Explosive During Traffic Stop” HERE)
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A Florida man who works as a hospital pharmacist was arrested Saturday and charged with sexual battery after he reportedly drugged his Tinder date.
According to a police affidavit, Robert Woods, 27, met the woman on the dating app Tinder and the pair agreed to meet at a bar in downtown Tampa, Fox 35 reported.
The woman reportedly had one beer at the restaurant before Woods suggested they leave and go to his apartment, where he claimed his friends were having a party.
When they arrived, there was reportedly no party. But the pair stayed at the apartment and started to play a drinking game, which led to the victim taking a shot of what she allegedly thought was Absinth liquor. (Read more from “Pharmacist Drugs Woman During Tinder Date” HERE)
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Police in Largo, Florida, arrested a man suspected of walking into a restaurant with a bag he said contained an explosive device.
According to WFTS, the general manager of a Red Lobster called the Largo Police Department Thursday afternoon to report the incident, telling authorities the customer claimed to be a terrorist.
“Just to make you smile, I work for the Taliban and I have a bomb in this bag,” the suspect said, according to the manager’s account.
Restaurant staff seated the man, later identified by police as Freddie Claudrick Bryant, and a woman with him, at a table away from other customers.
Once notified of the threat, police evacuated employees and other customers.
Bomb squad at Red Lobster in Largo. Man walked in and said, “Just to make you smile, I work for the Taliban and I have a bomb in this bag.” pic.twitter.com/v0j2BakBl2
Reports indicate the suspect left the restaurant through the front door a short time later and told officers his comment was intended to be a joke.
Police took the matter seriously, though, and a bomb squad thoroughly checked his belongings to ensure he was not in possession of any hazardous materials.
When the scene was deemed safe, officers arrested Bryant. He is expected to face charges related to falsely reporting a bomb or explosive.
The terror-related hoax came on the heels of reports in London of two men shouting “Allahu akbar” into a microphone while playing the sound of gunshots through a speaker.
Several Twitter users reacted to the tense situation in Largo by expressing a desire to see a harsh sentence for anyone responsible for such a threat.
While most comments conceded that incident, if accurately reported by the manager, could have been the result of a misguided joke, others saw a potentially more sinister motive.
was probably a dry run for his friends to see how people would react.
No injuries as a result of the incident were reported. (For more from the author of “Man Arrested on Suspicion of Making Terror-Related Bomb Threat at Florida Red Lobster” please click HERE)
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Florida deputies rescued two people who attempted to brave out Hurricane Irma in their anchored boat on Sunday, entering treacherous waters as Irma was set to make landfall in minutes.
Martin County Sheriff’s Marine and Strike teams rescued the two people just off Jensen Beach, the Atlantic Coast north of Palm Beach, Sunday morning. It’s unclear why the pair were still out on their boat.
“MCSO Marine Rescue complete. Everyone is safe. Good job everyone,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Twitter with a video of the man and woman walking off the boat.
A video showed the two boats bobbing in choppy water as the deputies were helping the couple onto their boat.
MCSO Marine Units attempting to recuse two people who remained on their vessel. pic.twitter.com/fWrc2KriSv
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After days of preparations and evacuations from Florida, Hurricane Irma blasted its way into the Sunshine State Sunday morning, making its initial landfall at Cudjoe Key shortly after 9 a.m. before continuing to head up the western side of the peninsula.
Though earlier listed as a Category 4 on Sunday, the intensity was downgraded to Category 2, as the National Hurricane Center in Miami indicated the maximum sustained winds were at 110 mph, with higher gusts reported.
Florida Power & Light said that about 1.5 million customers were without electricity Sunday morning statewide, and it would take weeks to fully restore power.
A spokesman estimated 3.4 million homes and businesses would lose power once the worst of Irma reaches the Florida mainland.
President Donald Trump declared a major disaster in the state of Florida, making federal aid available to people affected by Irma in nine counties already suffering the impact of Irma. (Read more from “Ferocious Irma Unleashes on Florida” HERE)
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday afternoon as Hurricane Irma strengthened into a Category 4 storm.
According to the National Hurricane Center’s 8 p.m. advisory Monday, Irma grew to 140 mph sustained winds as it chugged at 13 mph through the Caribbean. Irma’s projected to turn west-northwest by the end of the day Tuesday, moving on an overall track that increased the possibility that South Florida will feel its effects, if not take a direct hit.
It’s also supposed to strengthen over the next two days. At its current sustained wind speeds, Irma would be the biggest hurricane to hit South Florida since Category 5 Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
“Today, given these forecasts and the intensity of this storm, I have declared a state of emergency for every county in Florida to make certain that state, federal and local governments are able to work together and make sure resources are dispersed to local communities as we get prepared for this storm,” read Scott’s statement on the flgov.com website. “In Florida, we always prepare for the worst and hope for the best and, while the exact path of Irma is not absolutely known at this time, we cannot afford to not be prepared. This state of emergency allows our emergency management officials to act swiftly in the best interest of Floridians without the burden of bureaucracy or red tape. (Read more from “Florida Declares State of Emergency for Hurricane” HERE)
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Republican lawmakers in Florida are taking aim at sanctuary city policies with two bills designed to penalize cities, counties, and elected officials that do not fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration law.
According to The Miami Herald, The Rule of Law Adherence Act (SB 786 / HB 697) would implement a number of penalties and fines for state, local, or law enforcement agencies that employ “sanctuary policies.”
The bills would formally define a “sanctuary policy” as any “law, policy, practice, procedure, or custom adopted or permitted … which contravenes or which knowingly prohibits or impedes a law enforcement agency from communicating or cooperating with a federal immigration agency with respect to federal immigration enforcement.”
“What this bill would do is put into policy in the state of Florida the idea that our immigration policies at the federal level should receive cooperative support at the state and local level,” said Rep. Larry Metz, R-Yalaha.
Specific provisions of the legislation would:
Prohibit government entities from adopting sanctuary policies and require any existing ones to be repealed within 90 days;
Require state and local governments and law enforcement agencies to “fully comply” and support federal immigration law and prohibit any efforts to restrict or limit that support;
Require government officials and workers to report “known or probable violations” of the act — under threat of suspension or removal from elected office — and require the attorney general to investigate those reports;
Protect whistle-blowers who report such violations;
Impose a fine of up to $5,000 a day, starting Oct. 1, on any government entity that is found to still have a sanctuary policy;
Allow the governor to remove from office any elected official who is found to have violated the act;
Allow government agencies to be sued should a person who is in the country illegally injure or kill someone as a result of the government entity having a prohibited sanctuary policy; and, withhold state grant funding for five years from any government entity that violates the act.
“The one thing that everybody should know in our country is: We can’t choose which laws we’ll obey or which laws we don’t obey,” said state Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach. (For more from the author of “Florida GOP Seeks Deathblow to Sanctuary Cities: ‘We Are a Nation of Rules” please click HERE)
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