Archive for the 'Florida' Category
Woman Who Lives “Off the Grid” Threatened With Eviction – From Her Paid-For Home
December 18th, 2013Via: Daily Sheeple: Robin Speronis, a Florida woman who lives off the grid, is being threatened with losing her home due to her “alternative lifestyle”. Last month, Robin’s story was featured on Fox 4 news in Florida. She does not have a refrigerator, oven, running water, or electricity.
Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She’s A Robot
December 13th, 2013Via: Time: The phone call came from a charming woman with a bright, engaging voice to the cell phone of a TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer. She wanted to offer a deal on health insurance, but something was fishy. When Scherer asked point blank if she was a real person, or a computer-operated robot […]
Store Owner Installs Surveillance Cameras to Spy on Police
November 23rd, 2013Via: Cnet: A Miami convenience store owner is fed up with his employees and customers being allegedly harassed by police. So he installs surveillance video to get evidence against the local cops.
Rep. Trey Radel Busted in Cocaine Sting
November 19th, 2013Hmm. Via: USA Today: Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., was caught buying drugs as part of a federal investigation into a Washington, D.C., drug ring last month and is being charged with cocaine possession, according to a senior Drug Enforcement Administration official. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said several […]
NSA Links to St Petersburg Florida Drug Ring
November 17th, 2013Via: Mad Cow Morning News: Skyway Global LLC, the St. Petersburg, FL company that owned the DC-9 airline busted in Mexico carrying 5.5 tons of cocaine, made its headquarters in a 79,000 sq ft building owned by Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT), a foreign tele-communications company with a contract to wiretap the U.S. for the NSA […]
Some Florida Police Are Using Data to Predict Crime
October 27th, 2013Via: FastCompany: Well, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department isn’t using an oracle yet, but it is getting one step closer to Minority Report-style crime predicting. The department has become the latest agency to use big data analytics and data mining to prevent crime by staying one step ahead of criminals. According to IBM, the company […]
Florida: “Things just got a little carried away today”
August 17th, 2013Via: Palm Beach Post: Gerard Longo once described Scott Tobiassen as a violent man who brags about his fighting ability and just how “bad” he is. Longo said Tobiassen owns knives, axes, machetes and switch blades. He sharpens his knives as a hobby, and shows other just how sharp the weapons are by using them […]
Florida to Exhume Remains Found at Notorious Dozier School for Boys
August 8th, 2013Via: Guardian: Investigators have been given permission to exhume remains found at the notorious Arthur G Dozier School for Boys in Florida, which closed in 2011 following pupils’ revelations of widespread physical and sexual abuse. Governor Rick Scott and the rest of Florida’s cabinet voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow dozens of unmarked graves found […]
U.S. Air Force Transported 24 Tons of Cocaine from Costa Rica to Miami, Allegedly to be Destroyed *wink*
August 7th, 2013Via: Costa Rica Star: According to an official press release from the Organization of Judicial Investigations (OIJ in Spanish), Costa Rica will no longer send cocaine or other controlled substances to the United States, at least for the time being. The announcement comes in the wake of news reports about nearly 24 tons of cocaine […]
Florida: Christian Cannibal Puppeteer Arrested with Kiddie Porn; Planned to Abduct and Eat Child
August 1st, 2013Via: Dangerous Minds: This is one of those stories that just makes your blood run cold: Ronald William Brown of Largo, Florida, the 57-year-old proprietor of “Puppets Plus,” has been charged with the possession of child pornography and of conspiring with another man to kidnap and then eat a child. The Christian Television Network kids […]
