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VIDEO: Suspected drug dealer busted by cops while flashing cash on Facebook Live

 VIDEO: Suspected drug dealer busted by cops while flashing cash on Facebook Live
Technology and Crime

Facebook Live captured the moment Jacksonville, Florida, officers raided a man’s home, dramatically changing the tone of his celebratory video. Officers carried out a search warrant at the home of Breon Hollings, 22, on Thursday. Hollings was arrested after cops recovered crack cocaine, Oxycodone pills, drug paraphernalia, a handgun, and ammunition from the Amazon Avenue residence, according …

VIDEO: Disgruntled neighbor pulls the plug on bounce house with kids inside
Bullies
May 27, 2017

VIDEO: Disgruntled neighbor pulls the plug on bounce house with kids inside

Surveillance cameras supposedly caught a Port St. Lucie, Florida, man deflating a bounce house during a 1-year-old girl’s birthday party. On Sunday evening, the unidentified man was seen entering the backyard, deflating the attraction, and walking across the street. More than a dozen toddlers were in the house at the time. Fortunately, all the children were …

VIDEO: Teacher who traded candy for kisses with fifth-grade student avoids jail time
Teacher Scandals
May 24, 2017

VIDEO: Teacher who traded candy for kisses with fifth-grade student avoids jail time

A fourth-grade teacher was sentenced to a year of probation after a video caught him trading candy for kisses with a 10-year-old student. The Palm Beach Post reported that Brian Kornbluth, 29, pleaded guilty to battery on Tuesday in connection with the February incident. The boy’s sister told police that she and her brother went to Kornbluth’s classroom and …

Police: Florida man, 28, repeatedly assaulted 10-year-old girl
Sex Offenders
May 19, 2017

Police: Florida man, 28, repeatedly assaulted 10-year-old girl

A 28-year-old Florida man is accused of raping a 10-year-old girl three times in the past month. Authorities alleged that Oracio Sales-Perez threatened to blame the rapes on the victim if she told anyone, according to the Palm Beach Post. Police records revealed that a witness saw Sales-Perez bring the victim to his bedroom and close the door. The West …

Catch this maniac! Hit and run SUV driver smashes into FL teen caught on video
Road Rage
May 17, 2017

Catch this maniac! Hit and run SUV driver smashes into FL teen caught on video

UPDATE  Police currently have two persons of interest in custody: Christopher Michael Try and Kevin Wilson. No further details are available yet. Original Story Authorities are are looking for a suspect caught on home surveillance footage crashing into a teen in a Florida residential neighborhood while driving erratically on Monday. ABC WTFS reports that the incident …

Off-duty officer thwarts attempted kidnapping
Kidnapping
May 4, 2017

Off-duty officer thwarts attempted kidnapping

An off-duty cop allegedly stopped a man trying to abduct a child on a Florida beach last week. According to WESH, Daytona Beach police officer Troy Belden was in a McDonald’s drive-thru line last Friday night when he saw Robert Sawyer, 54, trying to pull a kid from a car parked outside the New Smyrna Beach restaurant. Though Darrell M. …

Lovin it? Florida woman traded sex for Chicken McNuggets, say police
Weird Crime
May 1, 2017

Lovin it? Florida woman traded sex for Chicken McNuggets, say police

A Florida woman is facing prostitution charges after she allegedly charged $25 and Chicken McNuggets for oral sex. According to the Bradenton Herald, Alex DiReeno, 22, of Bredenton, allegedly solicited her services to an undercover officer at a Marathon gas station on Tuesday night. While in the car, the man said he wanted oral sex and was …

Police: So-called ‘mom’ burns her little boy with hot iron for forgetting school work
Child Abuse
April 19, 2017

Police: So-called ‘mom’ burns her little boy with hot iron for forgetting school work

A Pembroke Pines, Florida, woman was booked into jail on Monday after police arrested her for allegedly burning her 9-year-old son with a hot clothes iron. CBS Miami reports that Tamecha Jean, 32, was arrested in Broward County on child abuse charges. She’s accused of burning her son twice on his chest with the tip of the iron and …

Hero officer saves toddler’s life on his wedding day
Police
April 8, 2017

Hero officer saves toddler’s life on his wedding day

Late last month, a police officer reportedly rescued a 3-year-old girl having a seizure on the morning of his wedding. On March 28, Indiana University officer John O’Rourke was in a Sanford, Florida, Donuts to Go getting breakfast when he noticed a crowd gathered around a little girl who was acting irregularly. Instructing a bystander to call …