A Florida judge has ordered a white man to watch the Netflix documentary 13th after he aggressively questioned a Black teen last summer. Around 5:30 a.m. on June 9, 2020, 56-year-old Luis Orlando Santos Santiago spotted a Black teen riding his bike as he was leaving his home and heading to work, the Tampa Bay […]
A Florida mother lost her newborn daughter after she was forced to deliver inside of a jail cell. 25-year-old Erica Thompson was at the Alachua County Jail in Gainesville when she went into labor, CBS 4 reports. Thompson says she told the nurse that she was having contractions but she says she was ignored. “When I […]
A tragedy in Florida took place last week after employees watched a co-worker lose her life on a Zoom work call. Shamaya Lynn, 21-year-old mother of two was fatally shot in the head by her toddler while on Zoom with her co-workers, NBC News reports. One of her co-workers called 911 telling dispatchers that they saw […]
A Florida sheriff department defended their decision to send letters to residents identified as “prolific offenders,” letting them know that they have been enrolled in a program intended to prevent them from committing crimes going forward. The four-page letter was sent to residents by the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, that starts with, “We are pleased to […]
A Florida sheriff department defended their decision to send letters to residents identified as “prolific offenders,” letting them know that they have been enrolled in a program intended to prevent them from committing crimes going forward. The four-page letter was sent to residents by the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, that starts with, “We are pleased to […]
A Florida sheriff’s captain passed out in traffic while his engine was running was allowed by a deputy to leave the scene without going through a medical evaluation or sobriety test earlier this month. “You’re good, just leave, this didn’t happen,” a responding deputy said when the driver announced that he was a captain with […]
Like many high achieving students, former Cape Coral High School student, Alto Tarver, had eagerly awaited his senior award ceremony. With nearly a 5.0 grade average and more than 200 hours of community service under his belt, in addition to his achievements in sports, including team, basketball and football, the young man thought he was […]
Paul Allard Hodgkins, one of the rioters who raided the Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced on Monday to eight months in prison. “If I had any idea that the protest … would escalate (the way) it did … I would never have ventured farther than the sidewalk of Pennsylvania Avenue,” Hodgkins told Judge Randolph […]
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. — A Florida man told police officers he was “teaching it a lesson” when he tried to throw a live alligator he had stolen from a miniature golf course onto the roof of a beachside cocktail lounge, authorities said. The 32-year-old man was arrested early Thursday when Daytona Beach Shores police officers […]
A Florida bartender has gone viral after he came to the aid of a woman being harassed by another customer according to FOX 10. Twitter user Trinity Allie was with her friend at No Vacancy in St. Pete on June 13 when a man approached them. That’s when bartender Max Gutierrez handed her a note […]