February 9, 2024 Woman with ‘very large purse’ brought ‘plastic Publix bags’ to shoplift groceries, police say A woman in Florida is banned from her local Publix grocery store after her arrest for shoplifting there. She agreed to that as part of her plea bargain.
November 28, 2023 Driver’s license was revoked after 4 DUIs, passenger had 9 arrests in 4 years in the county Leave it to technology. A police officer wrote about an alert from an automated license plate reader that the owner of a car on the road didn’t have a license.
November 6, 2023 Allowed to fly or not? TSA’s decision on ‘skull’ with a 9-volt battery, wires, other unidentifiable electronic items TSA agents working x-ray machines in airports never know what they’ll find, and one had a very unusual case: what appeared to be a skull with a nine-volt battery, wires, and two unidentifiable electronic items attached to its jaw.
October 9, 2023 70 million Slime Licker Sour Rolling Liquid Candy labeled ‘Toxic Waste’ being recalled There are three weeks to go until Halloween and there’s a major recall involving candy. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning about Slime Licker Sour Rolling Liquid Candy, 70 million of them.
April 14, 2023 80,000+ carts with ‘serious tip-over hazard’ that killed 3 children being recalled Tens of thousands of plastic and metal audiovisual carts, some more than 40 years old, are being recalled due to what the feds and the maker say is “a serious tip-over hazard to children,” which has been deadly.
July 7, 2022 ‘You need to be a good girl’: Woman describes 15 hours of hostage horror The case of a 20-year-old man shot in the head by a Florida sergeant actually started with a missing person’s call from the victim’s mother.
April 24, 2022 Son arrested after dad found in feces, locked in room for 8 months, no food for 4 days An older man called Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and two sheriff’s deputies joined them at the scene. “[The victim] advised that he had seizures a couple days ago and that his son did not help him. [The victim] also advised that he had been locked in his room for approximately 8 months.”