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Author: Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press

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Mom of biracial teen seen on video being shocked with Taser by state trooper plans to sue

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on Mom of biracial teen seen on video being shocked with Taser by state trooper plans to sue

The mother of a biracial teen seen on video being shocked with a Taser by Florida trooper in his girlfriend’s backyard plans to sue.

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Operation Thou Shalt Not Steal: Theft ring stole more than $760K in church donations, authorities say

May 26, 2021 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on Operation Thou Shalt Not Steal: Theft ring stole more than $760K in church donations, authorities say

Authorities say a theft ring operated by Florida-based Romanian nationals stole over $760K from churches in Florida and across the United States.

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Florida man once bitten by alligator is chomped by 8-foot shark while on vacation

August 2, 2020 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on Florida man once bitten by alligator is chomped by 8-foot shark while on vacation

Justin Stuller is now sporting two dozen stitches and a small limp after tangling with an eight-foot lemon shark in the Florida Keys.

Travel

Man accused of taking car with a mother and child inside, stealing Florida airport employee’s wallet

January 22, 2020 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on Man accused of taking car with a mother and child inside, stealing Florida airport employee’s wallet

A Texas man is facing seven charges including assault and kidnapping after carjacking a family’s vehicle at Southwest Florida International Airport.

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‘You are stronger than you realize’: Widow finds letters from husband written in case of his death

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on ‘You are stronger than you realize’: Widow finds letters from husband written in case of his death

Oak Gregg-Donaldson wrote the letters before a surgery in 2018 and stored them with the title to his motorcycle. His widow found them after his death.

Travel

Florida woman’s right hand severed by private plane’s propeller in Key West accident

October 14, 2019 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on Florida woman’s right hand severed by private plane’s propeller in Key West accident

The Florida Highway Patrol says Rebecca Lynn Gray, 45, was struck by a propeller blade as she helped prepare a rented Cessna for takeoff Saturday.

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She was dead for 18 minutes after drowning in a rip current. Then she started breathing

July 8, 2019 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on She was dead for 18 minutes after drowning in a rip current. Then she started breathing

Tia Gambrel-Irizarry, a trained diver and former lifeguard, drowned in a powerful rip current off Turner Beach on the edge of Captiva. She survived.

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Florida man charged with bludgeoning crew member to death on commercial fishing boat

March 20, 2019 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on Florida man charged with bludgeoning crew member to death on commercial fishing boat

Charges of second-degree murder were filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Fort Myers against Casey Lowell Hickok, 32, of Copeland, Florida

News

Sebring comes together to remember 5 women gunned down in bank shooting

January 28, 2019 Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Comments Off on Sebring comes together to remember 5 women gunned down in bank shooting

There is still no known motive for the shooting at a SunTrust branch in central Florida. Four of the five victims have been identified

Headlines

A State Department office is giving young people a voice. Abby Finkenauer is leading the effort

August 31, 2023 Rachel Looker, USA TODAY

Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023 Jennifer Jolly

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023 Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

These kids are good: Young Reds in pursuit of a pennant stretch to remember

August 31, 2023 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

August 31, 2023 Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

1 dead, 18 injured after collision between car, Greyhound bus in Maryland, police say

August 31, 2023 Emily DeLetter, USA TODAY

College professor harassed students to quench ‘clown fetish,’ offering extra credit, cash

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 Chris Quintana and Colin Campo, USA TODAY

USA TODAY Sports staff makes college football picks: Check out the predictions for 2023

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 USA TODAY

Many homeless among dead in fire in Johannesburg, South Africa

August 31, 2023 AP
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