Police: 5 dead in apparent murder-suicide in South Florida
Police in South Florida were investigating five deaths Friday in what they believe to be a murder-suicide. Miami-Dade police officers responded to a Miami Lakes home Friday morning after a relative requested a welfare check because she had been unable to contact the occupants, a news release said. Inside, they found three females and two males dead from apparent gunshot wounds, officials said.
news.yahoo.comFlorida man who police say was driving the car of a dead Lyft driver charged with murder in separate case
A Florida man has been charged with murder and other counts. The man was allegedly found driving the car of a dead Lyft driver. He is being held in North Carolina on a $2 million bond.
foxnews.comLocal deputies, postal workers help catch 2 suspected mail thieves
Two South Florida men, suspected of stealing mail, were arrested in St. Johns County Thursday. An investigation by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service resulted in the arrests after the men were spotted in the Julington Creek area of St. Johns County.
Florida lawmakers look to pass measure on hate crimes, increased penalties after antisemitic incidents
After incidents such as anti-Semitic messages being projected on buildings in Jacksonville, lawmakers Thursday called for passing a measure that would define certain acts as hate crimes and increase criminal penalties.
Multiple people wounded in shooting near Florida restaurant
Multiple people were wounded Thursday night in a shooting after an altercation outside a restaurant in south Florida, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were hit by gunfire, but the Miami Herald cited a law enforcement source saying as many as 10 people were wounded in the shooting outside a soul food restaurant in Miami Gardens. Investigators were looking into reports that a video was being shot at the restaurant, Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma Noel-Pratt said.
news.yahoo.comDeSantis administration launches investigation into holiday drag show
Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) on Wednesday announced it was investigating a holiday-themed drag show in South Florida. It said the department had received “multiple complaints” alleging a Dec. 26 performance of Drag Fans’ “A Drag Queen Christmas” was “sexually explicit” and “marketed to children.” “The Department is actively investigating this matter,…
news.yahoo.comMiami police arrest man in 4 killings on Oklahoma pot farm
Authorities want a man brought to back to Oklahoma to face charges in the execution-style killings of four people at a marijuana farm after he was arrested in South Florida. The suspect in the weekend killings, Wu Chen, was taken into custody by Miami Beach police and brought to the Miami-Dade County Detention Center, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday. The suspect will be charged with murder and shooting with intent to kill and faces extradition to Oklahoma.
news.yahoo.com‘Yahtzee!! We’re full’: Text messages shed light on conversations between officials before migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard
The News4JAX I-TEAM on Wednesday obtained new text messages and videos related to the controversial relocation of more than 50 migrants who were flown from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard on private flights.
Florida charter fishing boats bemoan dwindling mahi mahi, blame commercial fisihing tactics
Jon Reynolds, a Florida Keys charter boat fishing captain, opened up a plastic trash bag during a meeting with federal regulators and pulled out a huge ball of thick monofilament line that’s used to target en masse mahi mahi, also commonly known as dolphinfish.
Florida congresswoman calls for federal probe into FPL
A U.S. congresswoman is asking the Department of Justice to investigate Florida Power & Light over claims that the utility used “dark money” to disguise sources of political funding and sway elections in Florida, as well as other allegations documented in recent news reports.