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Man stole $131K in Best Buy merchandise during theft spree across Florida: officials
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - An Orlando man was arrested last week after officials said he stole more than $131,000 worth of merchandise from Best Buy stores throughout Florida, court documents show. Earl Glover Jr., 30, was taken into custody on April 25 in Brevard County on a grand theft charge.
SpaceX completes weekend launch doubleheader with Sunday Starlink liftoff from Cape Canaveral
Brevard County space buffs enjoyed a SpaceX Saturday-Sunday launch doubleheader weekend, with back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets sending satellites arcing up into orbit. First up, SpaceX launched two Galileo satellites on Saturday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, boosting Europe's global navigation satellite system to 30 satellites. ...
Brevard company gets "chance of a lifetime" purchasing Disney cabins. Here's how to buy 1
Tabitha Lazear’s family has been vacationing at Disney’s Fort Wilderness for decades, making countless memories staying in the resort’s iconic log cabins with green doors. Soon, the family of six will be making even more magical memories when they own their very own Disney’s Fort Wilderness cabin. The one-bedroom, one-bath cabin will be...
Retired airman sentenced for illegally selling TV access codes, DOJ says
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A retired Florida airman was sentenced to federal prison after being convicted of providing illegal access to digital streaming services, according to the Department of Justice. The department says Franklin Valverde Jr., 40, of Melbourne, Florida made hundreds of thousands of dollars by illegally selling...
Community terrified after alleged arsonist accused of setting neighbor's house on fire
MELBOURNE, Fla. - A Florida neighborhood was terrorized by an alleged arsonist after one home was set on fire, and others could have gone up in flames, authorities said. The suspect, Michael Randolph, was still behind bars on Friday afternoon, but some people are still living in fear after what happened on Tuesday night in a subdivision off Croton Road.
Assault, witness tampering charges against Space Coast Rocket owner dropped in plea deal
Brevard County political consultant Robert Burns pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct Friday, in exchange for prosecutors dropping more serious charges related to an incident last fall in which Burns filmed himself angrily confronting a woman at her Melbourne workplace. A Brevard County court agreed to toss out assault and...
Fire forces evacuation of West Melbourne hotel
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. – Firefighters said they worked quickly to evacuate a West Melbourne hotel that caught fire early Thursday. The fire began around 3 a.m. on the first floor of the Fairfield Inn at 4355 W. New Haven Ave., according to Brevard County Fire Rescue. All visitors safely...
Conservation group uses drone to drop millions of clams into Indian River Lagoon
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Progress was made Friday in Coastal Conservation Association Florida’s “billion clam initiative,” with the drone-assisted deployment of millions of clams in the Indian River Lagoon. CCA Florida joined Capt. Blair Wiggins, of Blair Wiggins Outdoors, and partners from the Florida Fish and...
Melbourne Bulldogs enter softball district tournament with an undefeated record
The Melbourne Bulldogs have done something that sports teams at every level attempt to achieve — complete the regular season with an undefeated record. That unblemished mark includes victories over power programs like Bartow and Montverde Academy, which are ranked in the top 10 in the state. Now they have to do it when...
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