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16.04.2022 / 02:35

Police: Tampa Bay area mom made 'no attempt' to rescue 5-year-old after deadly chase ends with crash in pond

Pamela Cabrera (Photos courtesy: Action News Jax) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida mother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 5-year-old daughter during a high-speed chase, officials said.The Fourth District State Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed formal charges against 32-year-old Pamela Cabrera, who Jacksonville police said kidnapped her daughter, Vanity Cabrera, at knifepoint late last month, Action News Jax reports. When a police officer spotted her SUV at a red light, she sped away and led law enforcement on a high-speed chase.According to the news outlet, the chase lasted for about 30 miles, reaching speeds up to 90 miles per hour, before Cabrera crashed her vehicle into a retention pond along Interstate 95.

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13-year-old arrested after shooting Lakeland officer in the foot, officials say

LAKELAND, Fla. - A Lakeland police officer is recovering in the hospital after he was shot by a 13-year-old suspect, who was also shot several times by another officer, authorities said. Officials with the Lakeland Police Department and Polk County Sheriff's Office swarmed Lincoln Avenue Wednesday afternoon, but investigators said it all started with a drive-by shooting at Simpson Park.Polk Sheriff Grady Judd and Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor said Officer Jamie Smith heard a shot fired at the park while he was investigating a separate call in the area at around 5:15 p.m. He was able to find and pursue the suspect's vehicle, a Dodge Avenger, and tried to stop it. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor provided an update on an officer-involved shooting that happened on Lincoln Avenue Wednesday afternoon.

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Florida mom wins $2 million lottery prize after taking out life savings to help daughter battling cancer

(Photo via Florida Lottery) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida mother, who had taken out her life savings to help her daughter who was battling breast cancer, recently won $2 million from a lottery scratch-off game. Geraldine Gimblet, of Lakeland, claimed her multi-million-dollar top prize at the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to take home her winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.Gimblet purchased the winning ticket at the Pipkin Road Beverage Castle in Lakeland just one day after her daughter received her final cancer treatment, a news release stated."The day before my mom bought this ticket, I rang the bell and walked out of the hospital after completing my last treatment for breast cancer.

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Florida men accused of tampering with gas pumps, stealing fuel in Bay Area

TAMPA, Fla. - Two Tampa men are among a group of suspects facing felony charges for allegedly tampering with gas pumps and stealing fuel. State officials are sounding the alarm about an uptick of this piracy at the pumps.It is a crime that is hard to spot when crooks illegally meddle with the parts inside fuel dispensers to steal gas."They're changing the pulsar, which reads how many gallons and how many dollars that you're paying for the fuel," explained Ned Bowman, Executive Director of the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association.Instead of paying hundreds, it only costs dollars to fill up.

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Arctic chill in Miami to bring 30s this weekend for 1st time in decade

MIAMI - Floridians living in Miami will be waking up Sunday to the city’s coldest temperatures in more than 11 years. Temperatures Saturday evening into Sunday morning are expected to drop into the 30s in South Florida, with a low of 39 degrees expected in Miami.In this aerial view from a drone of Ocean Drive in Miami, Florida. (Credit: Joe Raedle via Getty Images) According to FOX Weather meteorologists, the last time temperatures dropped below 40 degrees in Miami was on Dec.

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Girl dies after being denied treatment for stomach pain while living at Lakeland children's home

LAKELAND, Fla. - A 17-year-old girl living at a boarding school for girls in Lakeland complained of stomach issues for nearly a month – but was denied professional medical treatment – before she died in May of 2020, according to reports by the Polk County medical examiner and the Florida Department of Children and Families.The ME ruled the girl's death as natural, but a recently released report from Florida’s DCF calls into question the practices at the faith-based Lakeland Girls Academy for girls who have been deemed to have issues ranging from defiance to substance abuse. The victim died May 19, 2020. A month before, she asked to be seen by a doctor for chronic stomach pain, the DCF report says.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he doesn’t favor raising unemployment benefits

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he doesn’t favor raising Florida’s unemployment benefits, which are some of the nation’s lowest, but is focused instead on getting people back to work.

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‘Fly Like a Girl’ documentary helps inspire next generation of female aviators

LAKELAND, Fla. – In a field currently dominated by men, one Florida film is encouraging young girls and women to fly to new heights by telling the stories of passionate female aviators and showcasing the next generation aspiring to be one of them.

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Lakeland man arrested after 18-year-old’s body found in Sumter County swamp

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputies made an arrest in a homicide investigation after a young man’s body was found in a swamp.

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Red shoes helps detectives connect 2 Polk convenience store robberies, deputies say

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A suspected robber was arrested in Lakeland Saturday and using the suspect’s footwear, detectives were able to connect him to a similar crime that happened days earlier.

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Florida city will recognize May 20 as slave emancipation day

LAKELAND, Fla. – A Florida city is planning to formally recognize May 20 as the date slaves were emancipated in the state.

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Man killed former Lakeland official, husband in random act, police say

LAKELAND, Fla. – A 36-year-old man has been arrested in the deaths of a former Lakeland city commissioner and her husband during an attempted robbery at their home, police said.Marcelle Waldon was arrested Wednesday night and charged with 10 felonies, including first-degree murder in the Tuesday morning deaths of David Henderson, 63, and Edith Yates Henderson, 67.

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Florida man stashed sawed-off shotgun after shooting friend, deputies say

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man shot a friend he was doing drugs with during an argument, then stashed a sawed-off shotgun at a home and told the residents there he was “borrowing” their car, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said the victim and his girlfriend went to 48-year-old Clyde Burton Davis’s home in Lakeland around 2 p.m.

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Postal Service in Central Florida set to hire 1,000 employees in Central Florida

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Postal Service in Central Florida is set to hire 1,000 employees in Central Florida.USPS said successful applicants will work at one of seven mail processing and distribution centers from Nov. 7 through Jan.

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Florida teens sold drugs on Snapchat, detectives say

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Three teens who were supposed to be doing virtual school were instead selling drugs over a popular social media platform, Polk County deputies said.The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit received information that THC cartridges and marijuana were being sold on Snapchat to Polk County students.Undercover detectives said they were able to identify one of the teens as a 17-year-old boy from Lakeland. Detectives then arranged for a transaction, officials said.“On Thursday, detectives waited at a gas station where the meetup was to take place.

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Florida Road Ranger carjacked while on I-4, deputies say

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Osceola County deputies are investigating a carjacking after they say a Florida Department of Transportation Road Ranger vehicle was stolen.According to investigators, the incident happened on Interstate 4 near mile marker 60.“Our Sheriff’s helicopter responded to the area and with the help of (the Florida Highway Patrol) followed the vehicle’s GPS,” deputies said.

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Teams not able to disclose who goes on IL due to virus

Charlie Blackmon of the Colorado Rockies became the first Major League Baseball player known to have tested positive. According to reports, the All-Star outfielder was one of three Colorado players to have a positive test.Numerous other teams have said they have players who have tested positive for the virus without identifying any of them.

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Furloughed Disney employee says DEO delay has him on financial brink

ORLANDO, Fla. – Brannen Perry is about to lose his car, his apartment and “everything he worked for” after the Department of Economic Opportunity failed to release his unemployment benefits.“My account is locked,” a dejected Perry told News 6. " I need to speak to a (DEO) specialist but I’m starting to believe those specialists don’t actually exist.”Perry graduated from George-Jenkins High School in Lakeland then moved to Orlando and spent the past 11 years as a server at Epcot’s Garden Grill restaurant .“This is the first time in my life I have been embarrassed to be a Floridian,” Perry said.

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NOAA’s hurricane hunter base in Central Florida hit with COVID-19

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Five employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s hurricane hunter base in Central Florida have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.The areas where the employees worked at the Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland were closed on June 9 and cleaned “out of an abundance of caution,” spokesman Jonathan Shannon said.The employees had last worked in the center between June 3 and June 8, Shannon said.Anyone who was known to have been in contact with the employees has been notified of the test results and those employees have been asked to self-quarantine for 14 days, Shannon said.He said the base continues to follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state

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Report: University baseball coach battered elderly man after confrontation over illegal dumping

LAKELAND, Fla. – The head baseball coach for Southeastern University was arrested Tuesday after he battered an elderly man following a confrontation over illegal dumping, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

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Disney Springs partially reopens after coronavirus pandemic closure

ORLANDO, Fla. – Disney Springs is welcoming guests back Wednesday after being shut down for nearly two months due to COVID-19.

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Guests return to hotels, motels as Brevard tourism ban ends

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – For the first time in a month, tourists in Brevard County are allowed again to book a room.

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Coronavirus boosts business at Publix by $1 billion

LAKELAND, Fla. – While many businesses are struggling due to shutdowns, Publix reported a huge increase in profits for the first three months of 2020, buoyed by an estimated $1 billion due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Florida police union requests ‘pandemic pay’ for officers amid coronavirus outbreak

LAKELAND, Fla. – A Florida police union requested its members be given extra “pandemic pay” for working during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Florida Polytechnic University announces new commencement date for spring graduates

LAKELAND, Fla. – Spring graduates of Florida Polytechnic University whose commencement ceremonies were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic will get a chance to walk the stage later this year, according to school officials.

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Publix looking to hire thousands of employees amid spread of coronavirus

ORLANDO, Fla. – Publix is looking to hire thousands of employees for the company’s stores and distribution centers amid the spread of the coronavirus.

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