CRIME & SAFETY
FREE TO READ: Man is recovering after a shark attack
A Florida man who fell off a fishing boat last month at a marina in the Bahamas and was attacked by a shark is recovering. Marlin Wakeman said during a Thursday news conference at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach that he was working on a boat at the Flying Fish Marina in Long Island on April 26 when he slipped and fell into the shark-infested water. He was bit on the leg. Wakeman said the boat's captain tied a tourniquet on his leg before he was taken to a clinic. He was then flown to Florida for surgery.
Jupiter police arrest Gardens man in crash near Abacoa Golf Club that killed pedestrian
JUPITER — Standing in the driveway of his Palm Beach Gardens home in January, Jason Todd Long showed police investigators the shattered windshield on the passenger side of his 2013 maroon Honda Accord. "This is not good," he told police, explaining that an unknown object had hit the windshield.
Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie men charged in armed postal robbery case
Port St. Lucie, Florida – On May 6, Bernard Jerome Davis III, 20, and Jalen Dennis Elliott, 19, both of Port St. Lucie, were charged with armed postal robbery, among other offenses, alongside Jamal Travon Brown Weathers, 23, of Fort Pierce. This follows a 16-count superseding indictment involving conspiracy...
Study: Gun thefts from cars have tripled in the US since 2013
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A gun is stolen from a car in the United States every nine minutes, according to the group Everytown for Gun Safety. The group took FBI crime data and found the rate of gun thefts tripled over the past 10 years. Nationally, those numbers show that Americans are buying more guns, and not securing them safely.
Stuart man sentenced to 496 years in prison for crimes involving children
STUART, Fla. — A man of Stuart was sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for crimes involving minors. James Ward-Nichols was sentenced to 496 years in prison in a Martin County court on Friday. Nichols was charged with 20 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material of...
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