You won’t believe the boldness of the robber in this video. See what she does when she thinks no one is behind the register.
Neighbors criticize Odessa man for shooting pet goats May 30, 2013
An Odessa man is facing criticism from his neighbors accused of animal cruelty after he was seen shooting and killing his own pet goats.
Finally …. State Legislature passes bill making it illegal to drive slow in the fast lane May 12, 2013
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – If you’re a driver, chances are you’ve experienced it.Junior Santos says it’s one of his biggest pet peeves when fast-lane drivers go anything but fast. “If people want to drive slow it has to be in the last lane on the other side,” Santos said. But as Santos knows, that often does not happen. However, until now there wasn’t much anyone could do about it.
This week, after years of trying, both the Florida House and Senate passed a bill that would make it illegal for drivers to go slow in the left lane.
“I think it’s going to make us a little bit safer,” said Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg. Brandes says he insisted lawmakers take this issue up. Nicknamed the “road rage” bill, the legislation is meant to help drivers keep their cool.
If Gov. Scott signs the legislation into law, drivers would face a $60 fine for driving 10 mph or more under the posted speed limit in the left lane.
The law would apply to any road or highway with two or more lanes.
“If you drive within 10 mph of the speed limit, that’s not a problem. But if you know you’re going to be overtaken, you should move out of the way,” Brandes said.
Santos says it’s music to his ears. “It’ll make other people’s days better,” said Santos.
Girl makes graduation dress out of homework May 4, 2013
Up close, it’s like any other math equation. Zoom out, and it equals a work of art.
Beautiful golf swing from an unlikely source
Brittany McDonald, from the Clearwater Beach Hooters, wanted to take a swing off the tee. And she surprised everyone with a lovely swing… nice takeaway and follow-through, smooth swing.. one of the nicest swings in the tournament.
Four people hurt as LED screen falls during set-up for Florida electronic music festival March 15, 2013
Rapist on the run after cinematic escape February 15, 2013
Alberto Morales is a violent career criminal with more than two dozen arrests. He has been in and out of prison for two decades, on charges ranging from sexual battery on a 61-year-old woman to stealing and torturing exotic birds.
And now, the 41-year-old convicted rapist is a man on the run after an audacious escape that sounds like it was scripted in Hollywood. It left a Miami-Dade police detective seriously wounded, and has the entire state of Texas on high alert.
It all started as a routine prisoner transfer, the kind of assignment that cops do regularly without much fanfare.
Miami-Dade police detectives were escorting Morales from Miami to Las Vegas when Morales pulled a series of slippery stunts. First, he got himself kicked off the airplane in Houston after causing a ruckus — similar to a scene in the movie Midnight Run starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. The detectives, Jaime Pardiñas and David Carrero, carried on, renting an SUV in Houston and embarking on a 1,500-mile road trip to Las Vegas, where Morales was being delivered to serve two life stretches in prison for sexual assault.
With Morales bound by handcuffs attached to waist shackles, the detectives drove 250 miles north to Dallas, where they planned to rendezvous with a Miami-Dade detective flying in to assist in the cross-country trek.
They made it to Dallas ahead of their colleague’s arrival, so they decided to make a detour to a 24-hour Walmart in nearby Grapevine to use the restroom, according to Miami-Dade police.
While Carrero was inside the store, Morales somehow managed to break his eyeglass frame and use it like a dagger, pounding the weapon repeatedly into Pardiñas’ chest and back. When Carrero returned, Pardiñas was bleeding and Morales was gone — apparently still in his handcuffs and shackles.
Pardiñas, a 28-year veteran who once got a commendation for protecting President George W. Bush, was rushed to nearby Parkland Hospital, where he was in stable condition following surgery, Miami-Dade Police Director J.D. Patterson said Tuesday morning. Carrero, a seven-year veteran, was not hurt.
Morales was “doing a lot of crazy and unusual things” on the plane, pounding his head against the seats of other passengers, said Patterson, handling his first crisis since being named head of the department earlier this month.
He added that police are still not sure how Morales did it, but he said the detectives’ supervisors were informed of and approved the plan to drive Morales to Las Vegas in the rental SUV after the aborted plane flight, an idea that he admitted was out of the ordinary.
“To continue the trip they had to do something,” Patterson said.
As the sun set Tuesday, the manhunt continued for Morales. Texas authorities said he may have fled in a white Ford SUV, possibly an Explorer (Texas plates 19ZJW8) that was stolen in Irving around the time Morales made his getaway. There was a gun in the white SUV when it was stolen.
Texas law-enforcement agencies, the U.S. Marshals Service and additional Miami-Dade police officers who flew into Texas after the incident were trying to track the fugitive, who now can add charges of attempted murder on a police officer and escape to his violent résumé.
Morales is five-foot-seven and about 175 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair, and has a tattoo of an Indian riding horseback across his left shoulder. When last seen, he was wearing gray shorts and a white hoodie. He was immediately added to Texas’ 10 Most Wanted list. A $10,000 reward was being offered for information leading to his arrest.
Mom of 11-year-old arsonist “devastated” by arrest February 11, 2013
The mother of the child who was arrested this week for allegedly setting a series of fires in his New Port Richey community calls the move a cry for help.
“I’m devastated by what my child has done. It kills me inside,” says Alexia Brower.
