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Suspected Black Serial Killer Captured After Writing Cryptic Message on 3rd Victim in Blood: Report
A man who authorities say is a suspected serial killer in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., area says that he wanted to kill at least five people and left behind a cryptic message in blood before being captured, according to police. Nathaniel Petgrave is accused of killing at least three homeless men—Larry Scott, 65; John Jackson,…
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325-Pound Fla. Woman Who Allegedly Sat on 9-Year-Old Cousin Indicted on 1st-Degree Murder Charges
A Florida woman will face first-degree felony murder charges in the death of her young cousin, whom she allegedly sat on as punishment for misbehaving. According to the Pensacola News Journal, a grand jury Tuesday morning indicted 64-year-old Veronica Green Posey on murder charges in the death of 9-year-old Dericka Lindsay. Last month, Dericka was…
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Why Did a Former Fla. Prom Queen Die a Week After Being Booked at County Jail?
A 29-year-old former prom queen wound up dead in a Florida jail a week after she was arrested. The Polk County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office says that Shamirah Johnson died Oct. 31 at a Lakeland, Fla., hospital after being transferred there from the Polk County Jail, where she was being held without bond. According to WFLA,…
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Fla. Cop Sent for More Training After Accidentally Using Taser on 10-Year-Old During Gun-Safety Lesson
A Plantation, Fla., police officer will be sent for additional training after accidentally deploying her Taser on a 10-year-old boy right after telling the child and his brother that the weapon wasn’t a toy. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the boy suffered only minor injuries, but investigators noted that if the probes had penetrated deeper into…
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Fla. Couple Orders Containers From Amazon, Gets 65 Pounds of Weed, Too
They say don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, but one Florida couple may be forgiven for doing so because this pungent present wasn’t really for them anyway. Last month, an unidentified Amazon.com customer and her fiance ordered four plastic storage bins but were shocked to find 65 pounds of Mary Jane inside the…
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As Loved Ones Say Goodbye to US Soldier Killed in Niger, Trump Continues to Disrespect Congresswoman Affiliated With His Family
The private funeral for Army Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger, took place Saturday, his tragic death politicized by the president, who continues to feud with a congresswoman who was close to the family. Flags flew at half-staff across the state of Florida as an estimated 1,000 people attended…
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20-Year-Old Man With Autism Becomes 3rd Victim of Possible Fla. Serial Killer
A 20-year-old Tampa Bay, Fla., man with special needs appears to be the latest victim of a possible serial killer who has shot and killed three people in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood. Anthony Naiboa, 20, who had an autism diagnosis, took the wrong bus home from work Thursday and was shot and killed around 8…
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#Resist: Music Professor Plays Black National Anthem From Bell Tower Before Richard Spencer’s Fla. Speech
As white nationalist troglodyte Richard Spencer prepared to take the stage for his University of Florida speech Thursday, James Weldon Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (aka the black national anthem) rang throughout campus. Laura Ellis, a music professor at the university, went up 11 flights of stairs into the school’s carillon tower on Thursday…
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Congresswoman Who Called Out Trump’s Disrespectful Comments to Military Widow Now Getting Threats
Rep. Frederica Wilson’s office says that the Democratic lawmaker received multiple threatening calls Wednesday following a public spat with Donald Trump. Wilson (D-Fla.) had publicly shamed the president for comments he made on a phone call to Myeshia Johnson, the wife of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in a military ambush in…
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Fla. Mother Says School Didn’t Do Enough After School Bus Driver Got Into Physical Altercation With Her 13-Year-Old Son
Cellphone video taken by other students shows a school bus driver pinning a young student against the windows of a bus as his schoolmates watch on in horror and scream for the driver to stop. According to WPLG-TV, the incident occurred last week on an Aventura Waterways Preparatory School bus when the bus driver and…