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Charles Jerkins, 46, was detained by deputies from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office who responded to a complaint at Puckett Road in Dade City at approximately 11 a.m. yesterday, according to an arrest report shared with Newsweek. The incident took place at about 9:40 a.m. Authorities said the victim had been removing a log from beside his home with a tractor when Jerkins drove toward him in his own tractor, which had a log attached to the front....

The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office said that twenty-one-year-old Troy Carrabis was hanging outside of his 2019 Jeep Compass on the window ledge while the individual driving performed a donut maneuver in a cul-de-sac. However, the Jeep flipped and Carrabis was thrown off, sustaining serious injuries. At the time, there were eight other people inside the car while another individual, Aniello Somma, 15, was also hanging outside the vehicle on a window ledge, The Palm Beach Post reported....

The young pup, now called Daisy, was discovered by waste management who were assigned to empty two bins at the Speedway Gas Station in Bradenton at approximately 3:45 p.m. on June 10. A staff member spotted the dog just before attending to the second dumpster, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. “I saw a little head pop up. So that’s when I ran around and I saw the puppy in there,” worker Daniel Cormier told 8 On Your Side (WFLA)....

Angelica Vences-Salgado called police on September 2 saying she had been contacted on social media by a woman claiming to be her daughter, Jacqueline Hernandez, the Clermont Police Department said in a news release on Monday. The woman who contacted Vences-Salgado said she was in Mexico and wanted to meet her at the border in Laredo, Texas, on September 10, the police department said. Detectives later learned that both women were at the Point of Entry in Laredo that day....

The Florida Department of Transportation, according to records posted online, paid Vertol Systems Company Inc. state funds on September 8 to fly men, women and children—many seeking asylum from Venezuela—to the upscale Massachusetts vacation enclave. As records of the transaction are released, questions remain after their surprise arrival in Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday. The number of transported migrants has been reported as around 50, with the Tampa Bay Times putting the number at exactly 48....

On Saturday against No. 2 Florida State, Vernon Hargreaves III returned a Florida State kick only to be tackled by fellow Gator Marcus Maye. What the "Butt-Fumble" is to the New York Jets, this is to the Florida Gators. (GIF via SB Nation)

About an hour before his 2:30 p.m. ET news conference, Gridironnews.com reported that Grier would be suspended for the rest of the season. MORE: This week’s SN Power Rankings | Ranking the best 1-loss teams | Impactful suspensions “It’s something he feels horrible about,” McElwain said of Grier. “It’s an honest mistake but can be prevented by just checking with our medical staff. I want everybody to understand a mistake we’ll learn from....

Sandy Lamar Graham Jr., 40, of Hollywood, Florida, reportedly turned himself in to authorities on Saturday after hitting three banks in South Florida on Friday. “Investigators believe the robberies were committed by the same suspect,” Special Agent Michael Leverock and spokesman Jim Marshall of the FBI in Miami said, according to Patch.com. The first robbery occurred around 2:36 p.m. local time at a Chase Bank on Hollywood Blvd. The suspect “implied he had a weapon and demanded money from an employee,” Leverock and Marshall revealed....

Junior quarterback Feleipe Franks suffered a devastating injury in a pileup after coming up short of a first down and was carted off the field. For the Gators, it was no longer a question of how far Franks could take them in the SEC East race. It was now how far they could go without him. Florida coach Dan Mullen confirmed afterward that Franks had dislocated his ankle and will likely miss the remainder of the season....

Hargreaves has set up a Pledge It campaign to benefit injured military veterans through “Stand by the Wounded.” The 20-year-old All-American is asking for people to pledge money for every inch of his vertical leap on Monday at the NFL Scouting Combine. MORE: Top 15 Combine performances, ever | Best photos from 2016 Combine “Everybody watches the combine. There’s no better platform,” Hargreaves said Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Hargreaves has been training at the EXOS facility in Gulf Breeze, Fla....

According to data from the CovKid project, which uses COVID-19 hospitalization numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as of August 7, Florida is reporting 8.1 children hospitalized with COVID-19 per 100,000 residents. The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in Florida is the highest in the nation, according to the data. Data from the project also shows that over the past seven days, Florida has reported 341 new hospital admissions among those aged 17 and younger, the most in the U....

Signs have been erected at Westside Sports Bar and Lounge on U.S.192 in West Melbourne saying that masks are not allowed. The bar’s owner, Gary Kirby, has promised to eject anyone who flouts his face mask ban. Speaking to local media, he said: “We find it completely unnecessary to have face masks at all.” “We do not support them, we do not believe in them.” Kirby said anyone who enters the bar with a mask will be asked to remove it....

Line: Duke -9 Total: 156.5 MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings No. 15 Duke came off an emotional high of winning at then No. 5 North Carolina as 8.5-point underdogs to losing in a letdown spot Saturday at No. 11 Louisville — the Blue Devils pushed on +7. Now they return home to face Florida State who has lost four straight (0-4 ATS). Duke -9 looks like the right number so there doesn’t look to be much value there unless you want to give Duke a little more respect because of the Seminoles losing streak....

How long do you think that player would last at Alabama? So why in the world is Victor Hill still a member — albeit an indefinitely suspended member — of The Citadel football team? Better yet, why is Hill still a student at The Citadel? Because that’s what we’ve created in college sports: above all else, protect the player. Think about it: how can a military institution, which prides itself on personal accountability and responsibility; whose president, retired USAF Lieutenant General John Rosa proclaims a, “commitment to personal integrity is required of each cadet, and as you practice self respect and respect for others, you will gain the confidence that comes with an honorable lifestyle,” allow Hill to still walk the halls of the storied school?...

The Irish (9-0) are coming off a road victory over Northwestern in which they had to fend off a fourth-quarter rally from the Wildcats. While the Irish are undefeated, the way in which they’ve won this season has been erratic. Watch Florida State-Notre Dame live and on demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Dominating performances against Michigan, Virginia Tech and Stanford give reason to believe the Irish are one of the most talented teams in the country....

State officials have been forging ahead for months with a threat to withhold the salaries of school board members in districts that voted in favor of requiring face covering for students and staff, arguing it goes against Governor Ron DeSantis’s executive order banning such mandates. Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced in late August that school board members in Alachua and Broward counties shouldn’t expect to get paychecks. To offset the losses, the U....

Derek Fallon, the CEO of Melbourne Flight Training, said he learned about the hack on January 12, 2020 when he logged onto a computer and noticed that there were several errors, WESH-TV, a local television news station, reported Monday. He noticed that the make, model and tail numbers of 12 airplanes were deleted and that planes previously flagged as having maintenance issues were cleared to fly, WESH reported. According to an affidavit obtained by WESH, “aircraft which may have been unsafe to fly were purposely made ‘airworthy’....

Susan Mary Strahsmeier, 42, of Gulfport, was detained Tuesday by officers from St. Petersburg Police Department and charged with possession of a weapon on school property and child abuse, according to a charge report published by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The mom allegedly attacked a child on Monday while getting involved in a dispute her daughters were having at Azalea Middle School, Tampa Bay Times reported. An arrest report said Strahsmeier’s children were in a “physical fight with multiple students” when she “involved herself in the physical fight by striking the victim numerous times in the back of the head from behind while holding a purple taser....

Ana Alicia Nobles, 29, of Pinellas Park, was detained on Monday at roughly 12:20 p.m. by officers from the local police department, according to a sheriff’s office charge report. The incident occurred on August 17, according to local media outlet WFLA. According to an arrest report, Nobles is accused of hitting the child with a leather belt roughly eight times after the young girl declined to pick up the bug....

Wendy Cordaro, 54, made friends with the elderly woman in Margate, Fla. and convinced her to let her become her caretaker for around a year despite having never worked as a caretaker before, according to a complaint affidavit report from the Margate Police Department (MPD) obtained by Newsweek. Cordaro, “convinced the victim that she needed money to buy groceries, pay bills, and purchase other household items for herself. She knowingly made false misrepresentations and gave erroneous statements to persuade the victim,” the report said....