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FLORIDA MAN CHARGED WITH THREATENING TRUMP ON FACEBOOK
A Florida man is in jail on charges that he threatened President-elect Donald Trump on Facebook. A federal judge on Friday ordered Kevin Krohn held without bond until another hearing next week.
FATHER CONFESSES TO KILLING SON, SAYING ’HE NEEDED TO PAY’
A man from Puerto Rico has confessed to killing his 2-year-old son and leaving the boy’s body in a remote area in Florida’s Panhandle. The child’s disappearance might have gone unsolved if 27-year-old Gene Anthony Quinones-Rivera had not walked into the police station Wednesday and told officers that he killed Gediaelamir Rivera in June 2015.
DOZENS OF RESIDENTS EVACUATED FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA HOTEL THAT CAUGHT FIRE
Dozens of people have been evacuated from a central Florida hotel that caught fire. Osceola County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Danny McAvoy says it’s not clear what sparked the blaze before dawn Friday at the Unno Boutique Hotel in Kissimmee.
BARRED FROM FLIGHT, MAN DRIVES ACROSS ORLANDO AIRPORT TARMAC IN BAGGAGE-TOWING VEHICLE
Authorities say a Canadian man is in custody after driving a baggage-towing vehicle across the tarmac at Orlando International Airport. Airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell says that United Airlines employees had barred the man from boarding his flight to Chicago because he was behaving erratically. The man climbed down to the tarmac through an emergency door in the jetway and commandeered a luggage tug.
FLORIDA HOUSING AGENCY OFFICIAL RESIGNS AFTER COMING UNDER FIRE FOR FANCY DINNERS, WORKER BONUSES
The executive director of the state’s affordable housing agency abruptly resigned days after it was revealed that the agency hosted fancy dinners, including one featuring filet mignon and lobster that cost nearly $53,000. Stephen Auger, executive director of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, turned in his resignation letter Thursday. His last day will be Jan. 5.
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