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An unhinged Florida man horrifically pummeled a deaf and nonverbal passenger while he was sleeping until the cabin was spattered with blood on a cross-country United Airlines flight this week. The brutal beatdown happened about two hours into United Airlines Flight 2247 from San Francisco to Washington Dulles on Monday. It started when Everett Chad Nelson, 44, got up to use the bathroom, according to a criminal complaint. While returning to his seat, Nelson stopped at seat 12F and “without notice, began physically attacking a sleeping male passenger by punching him repeatedly in the face and head until blood was...

Former President Donald Trump is leading Vice President Kamala Harris by double digits in Florida — once a considered a battleground state — according to a University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) survey released Monday. The survey, taken among 977 likely Florida voters, showed 53 percent expressing support of Trump this election cycle. Harris came in ten points behind, garnering just 43 percent support. Two percent said they would vote for another candidate, and two percent remain unsure. The survey noted they included “blurters” in the final results:

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Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Police were called to a home in a Detroit suburb to remove a 4-foot alligator found lurking underneath a resident's car. Marysoul Mousa-Aqrawi said she was preparing to leave for work when neighbors alerted her to the events unfolding in her Sterling Heights driveway. "And everybody's like 'there's an alligator under your car!' And I'm like 'are you serious?' And then I look and here we go -- he's laying down under my car," Mousa-Aqrawi told WXYZ-TV. The Sterling Heights Police Department arrived on the scene and summoned assistance from The Reptarium, a zoo in Utica....

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A naked Florida man is accused of stabbing an 81-year-old man and putting a 7-year-old girl in a chokehold on Sunday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said at 4 p.m., deputies responded to a call reporting a naked man jumped a fence at a home onSpence Avenue. A 7-year-old girl was in the backyard, playing on a trampoline when the man put her in a chokehold. The girl's mother witnessed the horrific scene and rescued the girl with the help of neighbors. "I can't imagine the terror this mother must have felt as she watched...

The City of Okeechobee, Florida adopted an illegal ordinance shortly before Hurricane Helene made landfall last week, which banned the sale of guns and ammunition and prohibited firearm possession in public by anyone other than law enforcement or members of the military. Donald C. Hagan, the Chief of the Okeechobee Police Department, signed the illegal ordinance, copies of which quickly rebounded around the internet. Chief Hagan did not immediately return calls or emails seeking his comments for this story.

Ignacio Antonio Amador, 34, also known as Antonio Balle, was arrested Monday on charges of attempted felony murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, records showedRAW: Ignacio Antonio Amador, accused of stabbing the mother of his child, appears in bond court in Miami-Dade. A Miami man is facing serious charges after police said he stabbed the mother of his child multiple times, leaving her with a blade sticking out of her neck, after he claims he "found her with another guy." Ignacio Antonio Amador, 34, also known as Antonio Balle, was arrested Monday on charges of attempted felony murder...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida man has been arrested after he was caught keeping alligators and several freshwater slider turtles on his property, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Wildlife officers arrived at his Marion County home after receiving a tip about him possibly having two alligators in his backyard swimming pool. When the two FWC officers questioned him about it, he initially denied having alligators on his property, but later admitted the reptiles were in his pool, officials said. While investigating the property, officers also found an alligator that had been recently killed and...

Come on, surely you've been arrested over a plate of pasta, right? No? Well, pull up a chair — I've got a weird one for ya! Let's talk about 21-year-old Nakhia Davis. Davis and her sister live in Florida (yes, another wild Florida story). Her sister ordered herself a nice ravioli meal, having it delivered to their house. Davis, as the story goes, was quite upset to learn that her sister wouldn't be sharing her delicious pasta. So, as a normal person does, Davis threw a plate of ravioli at her sister. The arrest report for this incident made me...

A Florida man was not lovin' it ... and clearly didn't want to live más ... after his wife got him McDonald's and Taco Bell for his birthday. St. Petersburg dentist Esha Persad, 34, was arrested and charged with battery after police responded to a call to her home after midnight last Saturday night. According to an arrest affidavit via Law&Crime, she and her husband of five years, Shiva Persad, were celebrating his birthday when an argument broke out over what they were eating on his special day. "The defendant and the victim were having an argument about the...

LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County deputies had no trouble keeping up with an alleged Walmart thief who tried to get away with several stolen items… on a stolen electric scooter riding at a leisurely 2 mph. Troyson Raymond, 35, is now facing several charges, including felony petit theft, grand theft and unlawful possession of a shopping cart, after the incident that came to a slow halt in front of a Dunkin' Donuts on U.S. 98 in Lakeland on July 17, according to an arrest affidavit from the Polk County Sheriff's Office. "Deputies pursued Troy as he attempted his getaway on...

A Florida man accused of making threats against former President Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. JD Vance and their families on social media was arrested on Friday, police said. The Jupiter Police Department said in a news release that officers arrested Michael W. Wiseman on charges of written threats to kill. SNIP Detectives said Wiseman had made multiple written threats on Facebook against Trump and Vance, who became the Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees, respectively, this week. Threats were also made "concerning bodily harm" against members of the Trump and Vance families, according to police. Multiple people notified local police...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) - A Florida man was arrested after federal authorities accused him of making multiple violent threats against the lives of President Joe Biden and a Secret Service agent. Jason Alday is facing three federal charges of making threatening communication, making threats against the president of the United States and making threats against federal officers. In court documents, a Secret Service agent described a series of statements made in June and July by Alday where he allegedly threatened to violently kill Biden and one of the Secret Service agents investigating Alday.

He deployed a gator “aid.” No can opener? No problem. A reveler is going viral after using a wild alligator’s jaws to open a beer in what viewers are dubbing “the most Florida thing” ever. The jaw-dropping clip was first posted to the X account Catch Up Bites but was recently shared by user Wall Street Silver, amassing more than 3.1 million views. In the jaw-some footage — its exact location and creator are unclear — an unidentified boater uses his hand to lure a small gator to his vessel. The reptile swims up to the boat with its jaws...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Department in Florida reported a 72-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly shooting down a Walmart delivery drone. Dennis Winn, 72, was arrested after he allegedly shot down a Walmart Delivery drone that was making mock deliveries in his neighborhood. According to Local 12 News, Winn fired shots at the drone because he believed it was watching him. Winn is being charged with”shooting at an aircraft, criminal mischief with damage over $1,000, and discharging a firearm on public or residential property.” Despite taking a bullet, the drone was able to fly back safely to Walmart, but...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) — A cook at Red Lobster in Florida was accused of returning to work hours after his shift ended with a gun to rob the casual dining restaurant. The Broward County man was sent home around 6:30 p.m. on April 14 because the Red Lobster, which is already reportedly on the corporate list of locations to close, was not busy, the West Palm Beach Police Department said. He allegedly returned masked and armed around 11 p.m., after the restaurant had closed. Authorities in Florida say Ta ‘Shambae Saleme Greene, a cook at Red Lobster, is...

Two friends in Wisconsin couldn't believe their eyes when they saw an alligator in their front yard, only a 10 minute drive over the state line from Dubuque. HAZEL GREEN, Wisconsin (KWWL) -- Two friends in Wisconsin couldn't believe their eyes when they saw an alligator in their front yard, only a 10 minute drive over the state line from Dubuque. It was a scene that most people think they would only see in Florida. Instead, Sara Wagner and her friend Suzanne came across an alligator in the front yard of a Wisconsin neighborhood. At first they thought it was...

A homeless man wearing women's clothes intentionally rammed his car into the side of a county jail in Florida Monday night, before reportedly embarking on a rant about Donald Trump. Joseph Leedy, 40, stands accused of four counts of aggravated assault on an officer and one count of criminal mischief resulting in damage of more than $1,000 as a result - as a series of photos show the damage he caused. Surveillance footage show the suspect driving from the Martin County Jail parking lot, up the walkway, and through it glass lobby doors. He was stopped by a set of...

A man’s ill-fated attempt to take a joy ride on a boat he didn’t own ended in a watery mess off the shores of St. Augustine, prompting a flurry of activity on social media. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Anthony Terry found himself in hot water after allegedly stealing a woman’s $100,000 boat near Conch House Marina. The boat, now afloat but listing heavily, became a viral sensation on Facebook, with images of its accident spreading rapidly. Describing the scene, one eyewitness shared, “He approached my daughter and her boyfriend in his underwear with a...

WELLINGTON, Fla. — A suspect accused of fatally shooting a Wellington couple on Saturday confessed to killing them over a dispute related to a basketball hoop, deputies said. ... As they were conversing, "at no point during this encounter" was Taylor Jones recorded being aggressive or threatening, detectives said. However, investigators said the video showed Scott "was clearly upset and appeared to be yelling at Taylor Jones" while both appeared to be looking and pointing toward the basketball hoop that rested between both homes. A short time later the affidavit said Scott reached into his right side and retrieved a...