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Facebook gun threat at Tavares Middle School turns out to be hoax
A troubling message written on Facebook sent deputies to Tavares Middle School on Friday. Authorities said someone posted a threat about a fight involving a gun at the school. When Channel 9 arrived, a line of at least 20 parents were waiting to pick up their children after hearing about ...
Officials: Tsarnaev Friend Linked to Slaying
A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said...
Facebook threat prompts investigation at Tavares school
There's been yet another security scare at a central Florida school. A student's Facebook post, saying there was going to be a fight on campus Friday and that there would be a gun involved, brought deputies out to Tavares Middle School, authorities said. Deputies took no chances and were waiting ...
Deputies: Man took pictures of 10-year-old in public restroom
A man has been arrested and charged with video voyeurism after Marion County Sheriff's investigators said he took photos of a 10-year-old boy at a urinal in a department store. According to investigators, a witness told them that he saw Maximo Deherrera, 63, slide his cellphone camera down the side ...
Photos: Car collides with train in Melbourne
Melbourne investigators said a car and a train collided early Friday morning.
Man dies after car collides with train in Melbourne
A man was killed after a train and a car collided Friday morning, Melbourne police said. Melbourne police spokesman Sheridan Shelley said the car drove through a railroad crossing arm and ran into the side of the northbound train about 3:40 a.m. Friday. Florida Today (http://on.flatoday.com/14YLbPu) reports 29-year-old Aaron ...
DCF investigator may have falsified report in child's death
Authorities say a child abuse investigator may have falsified the substance abuse screening of a South Florida mother who later left her baby to die in a hot car. Based on Shani Smith's report last fall, officials determined it was not necessary to protect 11-month-old Bryan Osceola or his ...
Bridge Collapse Survivor: 'Rough Day'
Bridge collapse survivor Dan Sligh described his entire ordeal while talking to reporters in Washington State. Sligh was driving on the I-5 Bridge over the Skagit River when a section of it collapsed, sending his vehicle into the water. (Ma...
Cops: Man heard plotting other man's death after pocket-dialing 911
A south Florida man is facing murder charges after authorities said he pocket-dialed 911 and was overheard by dispatchers discussing plans to kill a man. Investigators said Scott Simon, 24, was heard telling someone that he was going to follow Nicholas Walker home and kill him. Walker, 33, was shot ...
Pawn shop robbers caught on video terrorizing employees, customers
Two robbers remain at large after attacking a customer and employees at a pawn shop during a robbery Thursday, authorities said. Police said at the men who robbed the Value Pawn near Piedmont Wekiva Road and State Road 436 were armed with handguns. Police said the men in ski masks ...
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