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14.07.2022 / 12:13

Florida man locks daughter’s 3 dogs in hot car for days, leaving them to die, deputies say

Courtesy: Escambia County Sheriff's Office CANTONMENT, Fla. - A Florida man is accused of killing his daughter’s three dogs by locking them in a hot car for several days. Deputies in Escambia County say Felton Charles Henderson’s daughter asked him to take care of her three dogs for a few days while she was out of town. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons says the woman left food, water and everything the dogs would need while she was gone. However, when she returned and asked where her dogs were, the sheriff says her father led her to a blue Toyota Camry, opened the door and pulled out three dead dogs. READ It's so hot in Tennessee that the birds are panting like dogs"It is apparent that all he did was lock these dogs in today’s heat, yesterday’s heat, the day before yesterday’s heat," Simmons stated.

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Florida sheriff says man will 'absolutely not' face charges for defending home with 'AK-47-style' gun

Mugshots of Da'Torrance Leanders Hackworth and Antonio DeWayne Dean Jr. (Escambia County Sheriff's Office) A Florida homeowner will "absolutely not" face charges after firing an "AK-47-style gun" at suspected home invaders, a local sheriff said. "He started shooting for his own protection, to get them out of his house and to protect himself," Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said of the recent shooting in a video address posted to the office's official Facebook page. Simmons said three men, including one armed with a gun, entered a home in Escambia County just ahead of midnight on July 7.

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‘Law & Order’ star praises girl, 11, who fended off suspected kidnapper using tip from ‘SVU’

WEST PENSACOLA, Fla. - "Law & Order" star Mariska Hargitay is praising an 11-year-old Florida girl who fended off a suspected kidnapper using a tactic from the show. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said the suspect, Jared Paul Stanga, is charged with attempted kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated assault, and battery.Identified only by her first name, Alyssa resisted the suspect who came out of a white vehicle and tried to abduct her at knifepoint while she was at a bus stop, deputies said. The 30-year-old suspect attempted to tackle and grab Alyssa before she broke free from her would-be captor, smearing the blue slime on him in the process.Alyssa said she smeared the substance on the perpetrator thanks to regularly watching

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Florida girl who fended off attempted kidnapper credits slime, ‘Law & Order’ with helping catch suspect

Florida girl seen on viral video fending off a man who allegedly tried to kidnap her from a bus stop earlier this week has credited toy slime and "Law & Order: SVU" with helping to catch the suspect.The girl detailed her quick thinking in an interview with the "Today" show on Thursday. 11-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA GIRL FIGHTS OFF SEX OFFENDER AT BUS STOP"The man got out of his vehicle holding a knife, came towards me and I tried to run but he caught me," the girl told the outlet.Video shared by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday shows the girl waiting alone for a school bus in West Pensacola at around 7 a.m. that morning when a white SUV pulls up.

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‘What is he going to do with me?’ Florida girl recounts kidnapping attempt at bus stop

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – An 11-year-old Florida girl who fought off a man in a brazen attempted kidnapping is sharing her experience.

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Expert shares how your child can escape a kidnapping

After a video began circulating showing an 11-year-old girl fighting off an attempted kidnapper on Tuesday in Escambia County, many people are crediting the girl’s quick thinking for saving her life.

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Florida girl, 11, fights off attempted kidnapping in dramatic video

Florida man in connection with a wild incident captured on video, in which an 11-year-old successfully fights off an attempted kidnapping.The girl was playing with a wad of blue slime while waiting at a school bus stop early Tuesday when the incident occurred, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Florida woman, 28, posed as student to get Instagram followers, police say Surveillance video shows a white SUV rolling up to the scene and a man jumping out to accost the girl on a grassy lawn.

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Video captures alleged kidnapping attempt of 11-year-old girl at bus stop

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office released a video showing an 11-year-old girl waiting at a bus stop on Tuesday in Pensacola, Florida, when a man armed with a knife allegedly tries to kidnap her, but she breaks free and runs away.

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Florida man charged for trying to kidnap 11-year-old girl at school bus stop

WEST PENSACOLA, Fla. - A 30-year-old man is charged with attempted kidnapping after investigators say he tried to grab an 11-year-old girl at her bus stop in the Florida Panhandle.The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said the suspect, Jared Paul Stanga, is behind bars and charged with attempted kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated assault and battery.Sheriff Chip Simmons said Stanga has a lengthy criminal history, including sexual abuse of a child.PREVIOUS: Attempted kidnapping of 11-year-old girl caught by surveillance camera in West Pensacola"This animal is off the street," Simmons said in a press conference late Tuesday night.

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Man in custody after he attempts to kidnap 11-year-old Florida girl at bus stop, deputies say

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – A man is in custody after he attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old girl at a bus stop in Escambia County, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Attempted kidnapping of 11-year-old girl caught by surveillance camera in West Pensacola

WEST PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for an attempted kidnapper who tried to snatch a girl at her bus stop in West Pensacola Tuesday morning. Surveillance video shows the 11-year-old’s brave escape from the man, who may have been watching the girl for two weeks. It happened around 7 Tuesday morning at Old Corry Field Road and Perdido Street. The video shows a white Dodge Journey pull onto the street next to the girl.

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Altered yearbook photo is latest controversy in Florida homecoming vote scandal

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The latest twist in the case involving a rigged homecoming queen election at a Florida high school involves a controversial yearbook photo that was somehow deemed fit to print, according to News 6 partner News4Jax.

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Florida teen charged as adult in rigged homecoming election

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Florida teen accused of rigging a homecoming queen election with her mother is being charged as an adult, prosecutors said.

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Florida school principal hacked into student accounts to cast homecoming votes, FDLE says

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – A school principal and her teenage daughter both hacked into student accounts in order to cast votes for homecoming court at the girl’s school, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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Florida man gets 20 years in prison for fatal drug-related crash

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years and three months in prison for being high on drugs when he caused a crash that killed two siblings.

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Explosion destroys 5 garbage trucks in Florida

PENSACOLA, Fla. – An explosion and fire destroyed five garbage trucks and damaged two others at a sanitation complex in the Florida Panhandle.

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Florida sheriff: Man fought deputies, K9 during arrest for burglary

(Escambia County Sheriff's Office) PENSACOLA, Fla. - A Florida sheriff's office says a man tried to fight deputies and their K9 as he resisted arrest, but was ultimately taken into custody.A person called 911, telling dispatchers that a man was walking in and out of traffic and tried to grab his steering wheel, WEAR reports.The caller then said the suspect was trying to break into his home with his daughter inside.RELATED: Tampa men plead guilty in $175 million healthcare fraud schemeEscambia County deputies responded to the home and spotted 25-year-old Eric Tyler Mathis hiding behind a tarp on the property.When deputies tried to arrest him, they were met with "violent resistance," the sheriff's office said.Advertisement"He fought two

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‘The demand has outstripped the supply:’ Florida trying to vaccinate millions of seniors

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida is working to expand its vaccination efforts Wednesday to make sure a majority of its elderly population gets the shot.Speaking from Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, the governor said the state is working to make sure Florida is consistently receiving shipments of a coronavirus vaccine and quickly putting them to use.[TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Fla. | Publix to offer vaccine | Man sends dead rat to ex-wife | Dr. Dre suffers brain aneurysm]“(We’re) making sure the vaccine is distributed in places that are using it most effectively,” he said.

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Belt buckle prompts Florida sheriff to reopen cold case

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For 35 years, he was known as “John Doe.” But the hand-engraved initials on his belt buckle held a clue, even if his death and the man’s identity stumped authorities in Escambia County for all these many years.Those initials — WT — and DNA analysis this month would help confirm the man's identity: William Ernest Thompson.Now the investigation into his death has been reopened.“This is another example of the never-ending quest for justice. While we haven’t yet solved the homicide.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis gives update on Tropical Storm Sally

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Here are the latest developments on tropical weather:PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Authorities in Pensacola, Florida, say 200 National Guard members will be arriving Thursday in response to Hurricane Sally, which hit the Gulf Coast with wind and drenching rains that have caused flooding.At a Wednesday afternoon news conference, Escambia County authorities announced a dusk to dawn curfew for the next three days.

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Gulf Coast flooded as Hurricane Sally creeps inland

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday with 105 mph (165) winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and trapping people in high water as it crept inland for what could be a long, slow and disastrous drenching across the Deep South.Moving at an agonizing 3 mph, or about as fast as a person can walk, the storm made landfall at 4:45 a.m.

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Resurgent Sally threatens drenching in Alabama, Florida

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A newly strengthened Hurricane Sally pummeled the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama with sideways rain, beach-covering storm surges, strong winds and power outages early Wednesday, moving toward shore at an agonizingly slow pace that promised a drawn out drenching and possible record floods. Some 150,000 homes and businesses had lost electricity by early Wednesday, according to the poweroutage.us site.

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Inmate, 79, killed in attack at Florida prison

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A 79-year-old man was killed by another inmate last week at a Florida prison, officials said.Nelson Sanderson was pronounced dead Aug. 17 following an attack at the Century Correctional Institute in Escambia County, the Pensacola News Journal reported.

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Brevard County seeks state approval to reopen vacation rental businesses

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Individuals and companies that operate vacation rentals in Brevard County are one step away from getting back in business — after two months of being idled by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Florida man linked by DNA to 1985 murder found dead in cell

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A man who was arrested last month in a 35-year-old Florida Panhandle slaying has been found dead in jail from an apparent suicide, authorities said.

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