Prosecutor abandons kidnapping case against trucker days after he tries to take own life, protesting his innocence
By Aidan Bush
The State Attorney’s Office abruptly dropped a long-running criminal case Friday against a commercial truck driver it had accused of kidnapping a woman in Mississippi and sexually assaulting her during a weeklong trip across the Southeast.
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:24:17 GMT
Civilian police oversight in Florida crumbles after new law kicks in
By Matthew Cupelli
At least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect.
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:44:37 GMT
Thieves steal $107,625 from UCF in sophisticated hacking scheme
By Kai Johnsen
By the time the university noticed 12 days later that it had been victimized, nearly all the money had vanished. There were no reports of arrests in the case.
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:40:58 GMT
Why did the turtle cross the runway? Reports of planes colliding with wildlife increasing in Florida
By Julia Rogers
The list of animals hit by airplanes in Florida so far this year reads like a tragic version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”: five opossums, four iguanas, three turtles, two alligators and a coyote on a runway that, luckily, narrowly missed meeting with a 737 landing in Tampa.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:00:44 GMT
