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NORTH PORT, Fla. – A Florida man was bitten by an alligator after apparently mistaking it for a dog in the middle of the night. WTSP reported earlier this week that a man in Sarasota County was walking outside the Warm Mineral Spring Motel in North Port just after midnight when he saw a figure moving in the dark. “He stated the figure appeared to look like a dog with a long leash, which is why he wasn’t hesitant to move out of the way,” a sheriff’s office spokesperson wrote in an email to WTSP. Deputies said that’s when the...

Florida cops who publicly insisted they had eyes on Brian Laundrie amid the Gabby Petito investigation have admitted they actually mistook him — for his mother. “They are built kind of similarly,” North Port Police Department spokesperson Josh Taylor told WINK on Monday regarding the huge blunder in a case that sparked national attention. Police had set up around-the-clock surveillance last month outside the North Port home where Laundrie lived with his parents after the 23-year-old was named the sole person of interest in his girlfriend’s disappearance.

For someone trying to elude police, Brian Laundrie seems to be everywhere — at least according to people who claim to have seen the fugitive, who also was allegedly spotted biking along a country road in Florida. TMZ obtained video from a witness who claimed the mystery cyclist — who he says was most likely Laundrie — was seen Oct. 9 near his property in the small town of Dunnellon, some three hours north of the 23-year-old’s home in North Port. The person with a heavy backpack was traveling along a rugged sugar sand path where people rarely venture —...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) — An attorney for the family of Brian Laundrie tells 8 On Your Side the sister of the now-missing 23-year-old did see him after he returned to Florida alone from his cross-country trip with fiancée Gabby Petito. Laundrie returned to North Port in the van he and Petito had been traveling in on Sept. 1, according to law enforcement. Attorney Steve Bertolino says Brian’s sister, Cassie Laundrie, saw him twice after his return – including on the family’s camping trip to Fort De Soto in Pinellas County. “Cassie saw her brother Brian on September 1 when...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (NewsNation Now) — Brian Laundrie’s sister, Cassie Laundrie, may have seen her brother in the days following his return to Florida without Gabby Petito, despite her previous comments. Cassie Laundrie said last month she had not spoken to her brother since he returned to Florida without Petito on Sept. 1. Gabby Petito case: Timeline of road trip with boyfriend, tragic end “I haven’t been able to talk to him,” Laundrie told ABC News last month. “I wish I could talk to him.” However, NewsNationNow.com reporter Brian Entin exclusively confirmed that Cassie Laundrie may have been at the...

FBI agents returned to the Florida home of Brian Laundrie’s parents Thursday to collect “personal items” that will help in a massive manhunt for the 23-year-old fugitive. “The FBI is at the Laundrie home today to collect some personal items belong to Brian that will assist the canines in their search for Brian,” family attorney Steven Bertolino told The Post. “There is nothing more to this.” The feds’ visit marks at least the fourth time the FBI has been at the North Port house since Laundrie, sought for questioning in the disappearance and death of his girlfriend, Long Island native...

Gabby Petito, 22, set out on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé in early July, leaving their Florida Gulf Coast town of North Port first for New York and then out west to tour National Parks. But in late August, Petitio's family stopped hearing from her and updates ceased on her public Instagram page, which she had been using to document her trip. Petito's mom, Nicole Schmidt, eventually reported her daughter missing on Saturday night to the Suffolk County Police Department, which is the area in Long Island where Petito grew up. The white converted camper van that Petito...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Florida cops investigating the mysterious disappearance of Long Island native Gabby Petito said Thursday they have no evidence that a crime was committed. “Right now, we are investigating a missing person case,” North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison said at a press conference. Asked if there was any criminality, Garrison answered, “Not at this time.” “At this time, it’s a missing person case,” he said.

These guys are good IMHO and have no noticeable bias or preconceived judgments about this situation. They just call 'em as they see 'em. Here's an excerpt from youtube about this video: What Happened To gabby Petito? With Gabby Petito missing what do Body Cam Footage with Brian Laundrie reveals some key body language and behavior. What do four of the world's top body language and behavior experts say as to the relationship between Gabby Petito and her fiance Brian Laundrie. *snip* Police in Utah have released new footage showing Gabby Petito after a fight with her fiancé Brian Laundrie,...

Protesters gathered outside the Brian Laundrie's home in North Port, Florida on Thursday evening to protest his silence on the disappearance of his fiancée, Gabby Petito. Some carried signs and drove by in golf carts while others chanted, "Where's Gabby?"

Brian Laundrie, through his lawyer, has still refused to speak with police about the possible whereabouts of his missing fiancé Gabby Petito, whose van he drove home to Florida from out West 10 days before she was reported missing. Laundrie’s attorney has only released a pair of statements that do not address the missing 22-year-old’s possible whereabouts or last known location. "I can see why criminal defense lawyer would say, you know what, you can't. You got to stay in the background: Don't talk," said Lara Yeretsia, a leading West Coast-based defense attorney. "but I can also see why it's...

Happening in about an hour. At 6pm Eastern time a statement will be read by officials in Wyoming about Gabby Petito

A friend of Gabby Petito said the two were supposed to meet at Yellowstone National Park — but she never heard from the Long Island woman, who has since disappeared. Petito, 22, was due to meet up with her pal on Aug. 29 at Yellowstone and was supposed to call her that day — the friend’s birthday — to nail down the specifics, The Sun reported. But the friend never heard from Petito and is puzzled the Blue Point native would instead text her mom the next day that she was in Yosemite — 800 miles from her last known...

Brian Laundrie’s sister says it was “typical” for her brother and his girlfriend Gabby Petito to fight and then take a break from each other. Cassie Laundrie broke her family’s silence on Petito’s mysterious disappearance in an interview with “Good Morning America” on Friday. Asked about the police bodycam footage of officers speaking to a sobbing Petito and Laundrie after they got into a fight in Utah on Aug. 12, Cassie said: “It looked typical of both of them. Whenever they’d fight they’d take a break and be fine.” Cassie admitted she hadn’t yet spoken to her brother after he...

Brian Laundrie, the tight-lipped boyfriend of missing Long Island native Gabby Petito, is now missing himself, and hasn’t been seen for days. Laundrie’s lawyer said his client’s whereabouts are unknown, and said the FBI is now looking for both Gabby and Brian, Florida police told The Post. “His family has reported that they have not seen Brian as of Tuesday,” Josh Taylor, a public information officer for the North Port Police said.

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Police on Friday visited the home of Brian Laundrie, boyfriend of missing woman Gabby Petito, who has been deemed a person of interest in the case and who has up to now refused to speak with authorities about her disappearance. Witness Jonathan Riches 42, told The Post he saw police officers arrive in an unmarked black van around 6:20 p.m. One officer in full uniform walked in and didn’t have to knock and Laundrie’s parents there waiting and let him in, according to Riches. A few other officers followed. A uniformed officer at one point exited...

Fox News has confirmed that Brian Laundrie is not currently inside his home as police search the premises and speak with his family members. Police could not confirm where exactly Brian Laundrie is at the moment. "I cant confirm where he's at he's a private citizen not a suspect," North Port Police Department Public Information Officer Josh Taylor told Fox News.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - Police in North Port say a woman was trying to get money out of an ATM when a man with a gun approached her. But her boyfriend, seeing the situation unfold, opened fire, striking the robber several times. It happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Thursday. Police say a woman was at the ATM while her boyfriend waited in the car. While she was at the machine, a man with a loaded handgun walked up to her. The woman's boyfriend, seeing what was happening, got out of the car and shot the robber several times....

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida went above and beyond by surprising a boy at his eighth birthday party after no one responded to his invites. News outlets report Daniel Nicastro’s parents say this wasn’t the first time no one has called to say they were coming to their son’s party in North Port. The Nicastros say making friends is difficult for Daniel, who has autism. So his parents decided to invite the police officers, who Daniel considers “superheroes,” to the party. They were hoping a few officers would show up, but instead, an assembly of officers arrived,...

FULL TITLE: Teacher fired 'after she ordered six students to attack 7th grade boy who spoke back to her' in shocking videotaped beat-down A Florida teacher was fired from her job last week after she allegedly encouraged six students to attack a classmate that spoke back to her. Teacher Dru Dehart was fired on Thursday night from her position at Port St. Lucie's Northport K-8 school by the St. Lucie County school board, WPTV reports. Dehart was accused last year of encouraging a March 2013 incident caught on surveillance video that showed six students attacking classmate Radravious Williams, WPBF reported...