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Michael Lewis, suspected of stealing a vehicle, allegedly hid under the mattress of a Florida residence in a bid to escape Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday. Justice, a police dog with the Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit, detected the 59-year-old suspect almost immediately. “Cpl. Miller began giving K-9 announcements at every door of the residence before sending K-9 Justice into the room to search for Lewis,” a statement from the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office read....

The man, Brian Duffy, 40, was identified by Pinellas Park County court documents obtained by The Smoking Gun. He was arrested on August 7 and charged with battery after an argument broke out with a 7-Eleven employee and Duffy hit a Slurpee out of an employee’s hand, the documents said. “The video surveillance shows the victim grabbing the cup off the counter,” the court documents show. “The defendant is seen on camera…handing the cup full of Slurpee drink towards the victim while in the victim’s hand....

According to WKMG ClickOrlando, police were alerted to an incident involving a vehicle crash with injuries on Jupiter Boulevard and Caballero Avenue around 6.30 pm local time last Friday. Jackson, 43, who had been driving one of the vehicles involved in the crash, showed signs of impairment, police say, which included rapid speech and bloodshot eyes. Officers report noticing the smell of alcohol during their interview with Jackson, although he claims to have had nothing to drink....

Michael Ford II, 45, of Wauchula, became the focus of an investigation on June 27 after deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report regarding a dead body. The remains were found by an employee of a local phosphate mining company Mosaic, Fox 13 reported. The gator, which was spotted close to the body, was 11 feet 10 inches and weighed 450 pounds, the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC) said at the time....

Leonardo Silva Oliveira, a 26-year-old fugitive, had violated probation on charges of grand theft and burglary in Boca Raton, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. But Leonardo Silva Oliveira, a 26-year-old cook, was the one arrested by the Coconut Creek Police Department on January 20. Oliveira, the cook, told the Sun-Sentinel that he had no criminal history but had been put on “24-hour lockdown” before being allowed time out of his cell for an hour each day....

The American Airlines flight bound for Nassau in the Bahamas never left Miami International Airport on July 17, after crew on board spotted that there had been an error showing on its air data module. The device is needed for recording the plane’s speed, as well as other key data. Flight No. 2834 was aborted and taken out of service for maintenance, the Miami Herald reported. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani allegedly used super glue to attack a piece of foam onto the module....

Equality Florida launched a website and ad on Monday presenting a potentially unsettling vision of classrooms if two controversial pieces of legislation reach the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis, who has emerged as a possible contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “Governor DeSantis is pushing legislation to curb free speech, propagandize school curriculums, and monitor classroom conversations, private workplaces, and doctor’s offices—all in order to outflank Donald Trump to the right and build an onramp to run for President in 2024,” Nadine Smith, Equality Florida’s executive director, said in a statement announcing the video....

On Tuesday, DeSantis announced that effective July 1, students will be able to be compensated through endorsement opportunities using their celebrity status. “College athletes will be able to be compensated if people are using their name, image and likeness. And I know that we actually, our coaches throughout Florida, use that to recruit different athletes to be able to come to our state universities,” he said. The governor first signed the bill in June 2020, but the language in the newly-adopted legislation would ban athletes from monetizing their name, image and likeness until 2022....

Sheriff Grady Judd of Polk County extended the area’s curfew on Monday while also noting that potential rioters could face retaliation from local gun owners. He cautioned would-be agitators against provoking or causing any destruction. “The people of Polk County like guns, they have guns,” Judd said, WFLA News Channel 8 reported. “I would tell them, if you value your life, you probably shouldn’t do that in Polk County,” the sheriff warned....

Line: Syracuse -3 Total: 141 MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings Trends: FSU 16-7 SU, 10-11-1 ATS, 12-10 O/U. Syracuse 16-8 SU, 11-12 ATS, 11-12 O/U. KenPom efficiency ratings: FSU 36 (overall), 54 (offense), 41 (defense). Syracuse 38, 70, 30 Effective FG percentage: FSU 51.7, Syracuse 49.5 EFG% against: FSU 49.1, Syracuse 46.5 Pick: The Linemakers’ Micah Roberts likes Florida State getting points in this one. MORE: College hoops live scoreboard | FSU-Cuse stats and trends

Tillis, the pastor at Palmetto’s Suncoast Baptist Church, is listed as the plaintiff in the lawsuit. Sabatini, an attorney, is representing his case. The Republican lawmaker confirmed the suit was filed with the Circuit Court clerk during an anti-mask rally held outside the Manatee County Courthouse on Monday morning. The rally, titled “Unmasking Liberty” in its event description on Facebook, drew protesters to the courthouse, who backed Tillis and Sabatini’s allegation that a mask mandate impedes religious freedom....

The new guidance, Emergency Rule 64DER21-15, states that children will not need to quarantine if they’ve been exposed to someone with COVID-19 and they’re asymptomatic. Parents can still opt to have their child stay home from school, but can only do so for up to seven days after the student had direct contact with someone with COVID-19, the guidance states. Students who were exposed to a COVID-positive person and show symptoms of the virus must quarantine until they meet certain criteria:...

In a now-deleted video shared last week, Belle Arvie, from Jacksonville, Florida, can be seen dancing up and down the sacred Australian instrument as well as pretending to play it by lip-syncing to the song “Do It To It” by DJ Acraze. Wearing a vest top and jeans, the woman gyrates on the long instrument as an automated voice states: “Adding Aboriginal flavor.” Arvie, who is a reiki practitioner, could be seen smiling and laughing in the clip....

Both teams will have the opportunity to essentially knock the other out of contention in the College Football Playoff and gain a huge advantage over the other in the SEC East standings. MORE: Watch college football live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Florida (6-1, 4-1 in SEC) is riding a five-game winning streak behind one of the country’s best pass defenses. The Gators have allowed just 160 passing yards per game, which is sixth in the country and best in the SEC, and have allowed only 16....

Line: LSU -7.5, Total: 46.5 Line movement: LSU opened as a 5-point favorite at The Wynn on Sunday afternoon, early action upping the spread to -6 within hours. When news broke of Grier’s suspension, the line jumped to -7.5 and increased to -9 on Wednesday. There’s been interest in Florida since, with the spread adjusted back to -7.5. As of Friday, favorite bettors could find -7 around Las Vegas. Visit our odds page for updated college football lines and totals....

Ellen Frances McMillion, 53, of Hidden Lake Drive in Brandon, was detained by deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 9:50 p.m. on September 5 on multiple charges—including battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication. A police arrest affidavit published by the county clerk said McMillion’s actions “caused a public disturbance” and she has since been banned from all Walt Disney World properties for life. A Disney spokeswoman told The Orlando Sentinel: “We have no tolerance for violence....

Unfortunately for Jesusadelaida Lopez, 40, she was discussing the plot with an undercover detective and is now facing an new charge of solicitation to commit first degree murder, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a release published yesterday. Investigators said Lopez believed that her partner Daniel was set to testify against her and proposed making his death look like a “robbery gone wrong.” Lopez has been in the county jail since February this year, when she was caught offering supplements and weight loss drugs, again to an undercover officer, in an operation run out of an Auburndale gym....

Not the joint rolling parties with a bevy of female friends in his Las Vegas mansion. Not the 31-minute fights without a break in the “Dog House” of his gym just off the city’s glittering Strip. Not even the betting that went on between Mayweather and others over who was going to win. “I don’t want to just sell a fight,” Mayweather said. “I want to sell a lifestyle.”...

Mayweather, who has a 50-0 winning record in the ring, spoke to the Fox Business Network’s Susan Li on Friday and discussed his financial portfolio, which he said includes investments real estate, and NFTs. He’s due to face social media personality Logan Paul in the boxing ring for an exhibition match at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Sunday, June 6. “Everybody should have their own mind and choose what cryptocurrency they wanna choose,” Mayweather told Li....

The study, which was presented ahead of publication at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, analyzed de-identified electronic patient health records. According to a press release, the researchers looked at data from two groups of 37,377 patients from countries across the world, including the U.S., U.K., Germany, Italy, Israel, and Singapore. The first group had received the flu vaccine between two and six months before they were diagnosed with COVID-19....