Archive for the 'Florida' Category
Irma: Over 5 Million Homes and Businesses Without Electricity in Florida
September 10th, 2017Via: Reuters: Hurricane Irma knocked out power to about 5.8 million homes and businesses in Florida, even as the storm’s power waned as it crept up the state’s west coast, according to state officials and local electric utilities.
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Former Haiti Government Official Shoots Himself in the Head in Miami-Area Hotel
July 17th, 2017Via: Miami Herald: Klaus Eberwein, a former Haitian government official, was found dead Tuesday in a South Dade motel room in what the Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office is ruling a suicide. “He shot himself in the head,” said Veronica Lamar, Miami-Dade medical examiner records supervisor. She listed his time of death at 12:19 p.m. The […]
Florida’s Money Laundering Suburb
April 5th, 2017Via: USA Today: In a community known mostly as a getaway from the urban problems of Miami, the flood of drug money has confounded law enforcement agencies. “We always thought we would get to it at some point,” said Charlie Blau, a former federal prosecutor who oversaw the first money laundering sting in Miami. “We […]
Florida Man Charged With Plotting to Bomb Target, Wanted to Buy Stock Cheap
February 21st, 2017Via: Reuters: A Florida man has been charged with plotting to plant bombs in at least 10 Target Corp stores and then profit when the blasts caused the company’s stock price to fall, federal prosecutors have said. Charles Barnett, 48, of Ocala, had asked a law enforcement informant to put the homemade bombs on the […]
This Company Has Built a Profile on Every American Adult
January 24th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: Every move you make. Every click you take. Every game you play. Every place you stay. They’ll be watching you. Forget telephoto lenses and fake mustaches: The most important tools for America’s 35,000 private investigators are database subscription services. For more than a decade, professional snoops have been able to search troves of […]
Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting Suspect Said He Heard Voices
January 7th, 2017Via: NBC: The suspect believed to have shot five people to death in a rampage at a Florida airport Friday was being treated in Alaska after complaining of hearing voices and had recently claimed to the FBI that the CIA was forcing him to watch ISIS videos, federal officials said. Esteban Santiago, 26, was identified […]
Florida: Murder Suspect Found Biting Off Victim’s Face
August 16th, 2016#zombies Via: Click Orlando: A man accused of stabbing three people in South Florida, killing a married couple, was found biting off the face of one of the victims, according to deputies. Martin County sheriff’s officials said deputies found Austin Moore, 23, on top of one of the victims at their Tequesta home, biting the […]
Orlando Shooter’s Father Attends Hillary Clinton Rally in Kissimmee
August 9th, 2016Via: WPTV: Hillary Clinton spoke to a crowd in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando. She was supposed to be talking jobs, but started the speech off paying tribute to those affected by the Pulse Nightclub shooting. “I know how many people, families, loved ones, and friends are still grieving, and we will be with you […]
MIAMI: AERIAL ORGANOPHOSPHATE SPRAYING
August 3rd, 2016In Miami? Run. Also, if anyone knows the name of the firm that’s doing the spraying, let me know. Naled: Inert Ingredients are in most pesticide applications and naled is no exception. Caroline Cox from the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) lists solvents in Dibrom that are listed as “inert ingredients”: Napthaline: which […]
