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An undocumented man wanted in Oregon for rape is now in federal custody after the Martin County Sheriff’s Office says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initially declined to hold him. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says they were legally required to release 26-year-old Juan Jose-Sebastian from jail, even though they knew he was wanted in Oregon for rape charges. After Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Rep. Brian Mast got involved, the sheriff’s office was given the legal authority to rearrest Jose-Sebastian. Investigators say this all started over two weeks ago when deputies arrested Juan Jose-Sebastian, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was caught on camera smashing glass cases inside a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Jensen Beach over the weekend, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said 31-year-old Shanluk Diaz went on a violent vandalism spree inside the store. Diaz, who said he is homeless, walked into the store located on NW Federal Highway. Martin County deputies said he selected a baseball bat from an aisle and smashed several glass cases while employees and customers watched in shock. The incident was caught on camera and shows Diaz swinging at several cases before...

Published December 19, 2022 12:32am EST Two Florida women arrested after allegedly running 'traveling drug roadshow' Juanita Rose Fluckes and Lauren Ashley Rosetti were expecting to land a lucrative drug sale when they were arrested.' Two Florida women were taken into custody on drug charges after attempting to bring their "traveling drug roadshow" to South Florida, according to authorities. Juanita Rose Fluckes, 25, and Lauren Ashley Rosetti, 32, were identified by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office as key suspects in the ongoing sale and distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine in the Treasure Coast area. Detectives arrested the women Friday night,...

Tucker speaks to 10 year old John Provenzano about his objection to mask mandate in his schoolI wrote earlier about an amazing 10-year-old fourth-grader, John Provenzano, who obliterated his school’s mask mandate in a withering statement before the school board last week in Martin County, Florida.It seems like we weren’t the only folks to admire the young man’s important words about what he and his friends had been experiencing because of the mandate.Provenzano just made it on to Tucker Carlson’s show with his dad, which had to be a thrill for the boy.Viral 10 year-old who criticized his school board...

Florida man was arrested last week after he was caught on video pointing a laser — attached to an AR-15 — at a police helicopter flying overhead, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The sheriff’s office chopper was working with Port St Lucie Police on an unrelated burglary last Saturday when the incident took place, the sheriff’s office said. A video camera onboard the helicopter captured Norman Flaxman walking outside his home, pointing the rifle directly at the helicopter and “deploying the laser two to three times,” deputies said.

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. - A school bus assistant yelled at a student to remove a red Make America Great Again hat, then grabbed it off the teen’s head, video shows. Gunnar Johansson, 14, wore the hat as part of a March of Dimes fundraiser that allowed students to wear a hat of their choice for making a donation, WPTV reported. The school bus aide, who has not been identified, tells Johansson to put the hat in his backpack and repeatedly tells him to remove it. “Boy, if you don’t take that hat off this bus… take it off. Take that...

Surveillance video on a Martin County school bus shows a bus aide yelling at a student to take off a Trump hat, then grabbing it off of his head. Now, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether the bus aide committed a crime. Gunnar Johansson, 14, said this week, students were allowed to wear a hat to school if they made a donation to March of Dimes. He decided to wear a Trump, Make America Great Again hat, “to show my pride in Trump America,” Johansson said. He boarded his bus to Hidden Oaks Middle School, and within seconds,...

Brian Mast is a veteran who lost both his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. In 2016, we endorsed him when he ran for the House. Happily, he won, and now represents Florida’s 18th District. Now, a Floridian who is active in the Democratic Party is under arrest for threatening to kill Mast’s children: Laurence Wayne Key, a volunteer for the Democratic Party of Martin County, Florida, has been arrested after he allegedly made a call to Rep. Brian Mast’s (R-Fla.) Washington, D.C. office and threatened to kill his kids over the situation at the border. “I’m going to find...

Sheriffs have risen up all over our great nation to stand up against the unconstitutional gun control measures being taken. The following is a list of sheriffs and state sheriff’s associations from all over our great nation who have vowed to uphold and defend the Constitution against Obama’s unlawful gun control measures. I applaud these public servants for their courage and conviction. I would encourage other Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers to add their voices to the growing numbers of faithful protectors of our freedom. List of State Sheriff’s Associations 1. Utah Sheriff’s Association List of County Sheriffs 1. Sheriff...

Out of Marin County, Florida, comes a very distressing story about abuse of high school students by school administrators at Martin County High School. On March 16, more than 2000 students gathered on the football field of Martin County High School during school hours when they were mandated to be there. They were made to chant the Barack Obama campaign slogan "Yes, we can!" and also hold up posters with that very Obama slogan. All this was for a video which was then given to the Martin County Democrat Party for the purposes of handing it over to the Obama...

MARTIN COUNTY, Florida, March 11, 2010 - After four years of dedicated activism, a group of Florida pro-lifers is celebrating a "David and Goliath victory" after consistent pressure apparently forced a Planned Parenthood program not to re-apply for a county grant. Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast has acknowledged it will not request a $50,000 grant from the Martin County Children’s Services Council for its La Promesa program, which was aimed at teaching the Hispanic community about contraception and abortion, in fiscal year 2010/11. While Planned Parenthood blamed "the unrelenting harassment by radical community members" for their...