Armed man shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago was never interested in politics or guns, cousin says
Read full article: Armed man shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago was never interested in politics or guns, cousin saysThe 21-year-old North Carolina man who drove onto President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort with a shotgun before he was shot and killed worked as a golf course groundskeeper and sold illustrations of golf courses.
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Sheriff: Florida supermarket shooter made Facebook threats
Read full article: Sheriff: Florida supermarket shooter made Facebook threatsThe gunman who killed a grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida supermarket had been threatening to kill adults and children on his Facebook page, but no one reported him.

Florida Senate eyes guardian training tweak
Read full article: Florida Senate eyes guardian training tweakGalvano said he wants the Senate to work on "clarifying" a school safety law, which outlines the training requirements for armed school personnel, including classroom teachers, under the guardian program. The school board already had paid the company $67,100, according to court documents. Gualtieri, who is also a lawyer, was the first to publicly air concerns about Invictus' training. Under the school guardian program, individuals are required to complete a 144-hour course, largely focused on firearms training. Galvano said he is aware of the lawsuit and the concerns Gaultieri raised about the state law being misinterpreted again.

FDLE to continue probe into Epstein's incarceration
Read full article: FDLE to continue probe into Epstein's incarcerationCNN VideoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Sex offender Jeffrey Epsteins jailhouse death wont alter Floridas investigation into how the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office and others handled his sentencing and incarceration more than a decade ago. Epstein was found dead of an apparent suicide Saturday in his cell in a federal jail in New York. Ron DeSantis last week directed the FDLE to oversee a criminal investigation into irregularities regarding Epsteins 2008 plea agreement and incarceration after receiving a request from Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. While in custody, Epstein was housed in a private wing of the Palm Beach County stockade. Reporting by the Miami Herald led to heavy scrutiny of the 2008 plea deal.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement will probe Jeffrey Epstein death
Read full article: Florida Department of Law Enforcement will probe Jeffrey Epstein deathNothing changes for us, Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said in an email Sunday. Epstein was found dead of an apparent suicide Saturday in his cell in a federal jail in New York. While in custody, Epstein was housed in a private wing of the Palm Beach County stockade. Reporting by the Miami Herald led to heavy scrutiny of the 2008 plea deal. Epstein was arrested last month on sex-trafficking charges involving minors in Florida and New York and was held without bail.

Florida state law enforcement to take over Jeffrey Epstein case
Read full article: Florida state law enforcement to take over Jeffrey Epstein caseRon DeSantis has directed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to take over a criminal investigation into the case of multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who pleaded guilty 11 years ago to state prostitution charges and split his short sentence between jail and work release. DeSantis assigned the case to the state's attorney's office in a neighboring district to Palm Beach County. Epstein, 66, pleaded not guilty in July to federal charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking. In late July he was found in his Manhattan jail cell with marks on his neck, a law enforcement source and a source familiar with the incident have told CNN. It was not clear to jail officials if the injuries were self-inflicted or the result of an assault, the law enforcement source said.

Sheriff investigates supervision of Jeffrey Epstein on work release
Read full article: Sheriff investigates supervision of Jeffrey Epstein on work releaseSex trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein faced two of his victims in court who say he is a danger and shouldn't be released on bail. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An Internal Affairs investigation ordered by Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw will look into his deputies' supervision of multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of inappropriate sexual contact during his 13-month jail sentence. Sheriff Bradshaw "wants to determine if any actions taken by the deputies assigned to monitor Epstein during his work release program violated any agency rules and regulations, during the time he was on PBSO work release program," according to a news release. During that time, victims' attorney Bradley Edwards alleged, Epstein was engaging in inappropriate sexual acts. Epstein pleaded not guilty earlier this month to charges of conspiracy of sex trafficking.
