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“Disney, I have no doubt is going to be a safe environment. I think that where you start to see the spread is just in social situations where people let their guard down. Usually like a private party or something like that,” the governor said at a press conference. DeSantis comments came on the same day that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced an emergency executive order that closes restaurant dining rooms, gyms, and party venues in an effort to curb the spread of the new diease....

Richard Burnham, 58, of DeLand, Florida, is facing several charges including criminal mischief causing damage of $1,000 or more, and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. The charges were enhanced as a hate crime due to Burnham’s use of racial slurs, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Burnham approached the teens as they got gas at Circle K Saturday afternoon, according to reports....

According to the criminal complaint posted on TheSmokingGun.com, police arrested 38-year-old Kalvin Guice on July 12. Police say Guice had been expected to care for two children while their mother was away in Georgia attending her mother’s funeral. It was not clear from the report what relationship Guice had with the out-of-town mom, or to the children she left in his care. Guice allegedly decided to leave the two kids alone without supervision while he drove 8....

Eric Shaun Bridges, 34, was taken into custody by deputies from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Sunday. Following an interview with police investigators, a charge of aggravated battery was quickly upgraded to attempted murder, authorities confirmed in a media release. The probe kicked off after sheriff’s office deputies responded to a report of a person who was found lying on the ground at the 4700 block of Pearce Street in the early hours of Friday....

Andrew Price faces two misdemeanor charges after shooting the animal as it swam in a neighborhood pond on March 20. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office attended the scene. The alligator was captured alive, but it had to be euthanized because of its injuries. Local media reported that Price admitted to shooting the animal. According to eyewitnesses, he was with his young son when he opened fire on the alligator, and there were people around at the time....

Veronica Alvarez-Rodriguez said she paid $9.99 for a Baby Einstein bouncer on Sunday from a Goodwill store in Okaloosa County. It was intended as a gift for a baby shower she was attending with her husband in Crestview, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported. But according to the woman, there was no bouncer inside. Instead, the recipient found it held a loaded semi-automatic rifle and live ammunition. The father-to-be who opened the box, who was not named, shouted, “You guys got me a gun!...

Corey Weedon, 27, told authorities he smoked marijuana before the shooting occurred, sheriffs said. Sheriffs did not specify how much marijuana Weedon smoked or how much time passed between his smoking and the shooting. Weedon told authorities he owned his handgun for about a month before the incident and was approved for a concealed weapon permit in early July after completing a six-hour training class, according to a Pasco County Sheriff’s Office arrest report....

North Port man Jonathan Edward Day, 41, was hit by a stun gun while resisting arrest when troopers caught up with him, according to Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). Troopers received reports of the clubs being tossed from a work van traveling northbound on Interstate 75, near the 240 milepost, around 1:13 p.m. on Thursday. After stopping a van near the 265 milepost at Fowler Avenue, the driver allegedly confronted a trooper with another golf club....

Richard Caldwell, 30, was charged with arson and burglary on Saturday after he returned to the scene of the blaze, which occurred at a residence on the 400 Block of Southwest Crawfish Drive in Port St. Lucie. Authorities responded to reports of a fire at approximately 5:05 a.m. Investigators said the suspect had been involved in a dispute with the victim at a local bar earlier in the morning, without elaborating on what sparked the disagreement....

Matthias Ajple, 43, gave a no-contest plea in court, and was found guilty of battery against Robert Youngblood, 67, on Thursday, sentencing documents show. On October 25 last year, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office was called to a restaurant in the city of Vero Beach following the incident, according to an arrest affidavit seen by Newsweek. Youngblood told police he was wearing his MAGA hat and sitting at the bar of Hurricane Grill on 943 15th Place with two friends, when Ajple walked over....

On Tuesday, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said that 28-year-old Eward Wiliam Rodriguez of Madison, Florida is facing charges for unarmed robbery and assault after trying to rob the restaurant while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Witnesses at the restaurant told Madison County deputies that Rodriguez walked into the Waffle House with a small dog, gestured his hands into finger guns and yelled out, “get on the ground, y’all are getting robbed!...

According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, only 16 percent of school staff have downloaded the app since it became available two months ago. The app was created to comply with Alyssa’s Law, which requires school districts to have some sort of mobile panic button. This law was put in place last year after Alyssa Alhadeff and 16 others were killed in a school shooting on February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland....

State Rep. Omari Hardy, a Democrat representing West Palm Beach, demanded action after videos on social media showed many attendees—including Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle—mingling without masks, despite a mask mandate in effect in Palm Beach County. Hardy contacted assistant county administrator Todd Bonlarron, questioning why the mask mandate was not enforced at the president’s private club. In an email, he urged officials to close down or fine the club for the violations, stating that the party had the potential to be a coronavirus “super-spreader event....

James Varnell Cusick Jr., 72, and his son Casey Cusick, 35, both pastors at the Global Outreach Ministries church in Melbourne, face charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. David Lesperance, a 68-year-old congregant of their church, was allegedly with the two pastors on January 6 and faces similar charges....

Eat District in Boca Raton, Florida, recently introduced a new server named Bella. Developed by Pudu Robotics, she is touted as providing “an unprecedented food delivery robot experience.” She debuted this week to Eat District patrons, who reportedly loved the new waiter. “I thought that was really cool how the robot served the food,” one patron told local news station WPBF 25. Another commented on how the robot was able to efficiently deliver food to their table without error....

The former employee, Brandon Gonzalez, posted a photo of the receipt and said on Twitter: “Yesterday I was at work and my boss, Hole in the Wall co-founder Sam, thought it’d be funny to change the ‘Blackened’ wings to ‘I Can’t Breathe’. Attention Miami locals do not support this disgusting establishment. I quit today. #BlackLivesMatter” Gonzalez told NBC Miami more about the name change: “You’re pretty much joking about the BLM moment, you think it’s a joke that George Floyd was saying ‘I can’t breathe’ an x amount of times like you think that’s funny?...

When torrential rain flooded the city Friday afternoon, the Peace River crested at more than 25 feet (25.36 at one point, although the final number was not available)—breaking the record of 25 feet—set in 1912—by several inches. The river flooded almost 5 feet more from Ian than when Hurricane Irma hit in 2017. The excessive water from Ian crumbled roadways and formed giant sinkholes. The area remains flooded days after the hurricane passed....

In a poll released by the Florida Chamber of Commerce and conducted by Cherry Communications, 55 percent of Floridians said they approve of the job DeSantis is doing as governor, compared to 40 percent who said they disapproved. Among political party affiliations, 88 percent of Republicans in the state approved of DeSantis while 73 percent of Democrats said the opposite. About 57 percent of independents said they approved of the work DeSantis has done as governor, while 37 percent disapproved....

After No. 4 Auburn’s 1-0 win over No. 2 Florida on Monday, University of Florida head coach Tim Walton and Auburn shortstop Haley Fagan pushed each other while walking through the postgame handshake line. MORE: Florida softball coach, Auburn player shove each other in postgame handshake line There’s serious softball beef between the coach and the player’s family. Click here to read about it. SB Nation also made this informative video:...

The nation’s best team, the nation’s most talented team, began the season going through the motions, and the next thing you know, was down 17 on the road to a team that struggled with three cupcakes to begin the season. There’s no way N.C. State should have had a 17-point lead on the ‘Noles; no way N.C. State should have led the game in the second half and had an opportunity to end FSU’s unbeaten run....