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POLK COUNTY, Fla. -- A Central Florida man was beaten to death over the weekend with an umbrella, according to authorities. Polk County sheriff's deputies said Richard Oaks, who owns a lounge in Lakeland, Fla., became involved in a fight with his friend, Alan Pierce, late Saturday. Pierce was hospitalized after the incident, officers said. After the alleged attack, Pierce's 17-year-old daughter apparently sought revenge and gathered her friends together, including Charles Bonfiglio, 21, and his brother, Corey, deputies said. The group drove to Oaks' home and beat him to death, a sheriff's report said. The Bonfiglio brothers and another...

19-year-old threatened Bush's life, created phony Secret Service IDs... A teenager who was charged last year with threatening the lives of President George W. Bush and other federal officials has again been arrested, this time for manufacturing bogus U.S Secret Service credentials. Acting on an anonymous telephone tip, federal agents yesterday arrested Peter Bonfiglio, 19, at the New York City residence he shares with his grandparents. According to a federal criminal complaint, a copy of which you can find below, Bonfiglio admitted to manufacturing and selling the Secret Service IDs and even showed agents the computer and printer he was...