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‘Hard to get it back,’ warns top cop after man loses $1.5m – he was just trying to protect his Social Security number
A FLORIDA community has struggled greatly with scammers who continue to target elderly citizens - including a veteran who lost $1.5 million in a gold bars scam. Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan said her department reported losses of more than $2 million in the past year, mainly targeting older residents at disproportionate rates.
Man accused of shooting pregnant woman during road rage incident enters plea
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - The Riverview man arrested in connection with road rage shooting incident has entered a written plea of not gulity. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Department, 50-year-old Vincent Steele is charged with five counts of attempted murder after he allegedly fired multiple shots into a vehicle during a road rage incident in Palmetto.
Road rage on the rise
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Following a near deadly shooting of a pregnant woman in Manatee County, which stemmed from a road rage incident, more violence is happening on Suncoast streets. A video shared to a local traffic page on Facebook depicts a motorcyclist attacking a driver of a car stopped...
North Port police arrest two teens following stolen vehicle chase
SARASOTA, Fla. — Two teens were arrested in Sarasota following a police pursuit of a reportedly stolen vehicle on Friday. The North Port Police Department received reports of a silver Nissan Altima, reported stolen from Pinellas County, heading north on I-75. Shortly after, they were alerted to a burglary in a residential community in Venice, where a car was stolen from a garage.
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