Princeton Swimmer Drowns Off Deerfield Beach

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.- A member of the Princeton University swim team drowned in the ocean off South Florida, officials said Saturday. Alan Ebersole, 20, of Vicksburg, Miss., was found early Saturday in the in the shallow surf about three-quarters of a mile from where he was last seen in the water, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Ebersole had a broken neck, but the Broward Medical Examiner said the cause of his death was drowning. Detectives found no signs of foul play and no indication of drugs or alcohol. "It must have been dark," Ebersole's aunt, Lauri Collins, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It was almost midnight. He dove into a wave that was shallow and he must have hit his head on a rock or the bottom." Ebersole was staying with teammates in Deerfield Beach during a training trip coinciding with the school's fall break. He and two friends went swimming in the ocean late Friday near their hotel. His friends came ashore and thought Ebersole had already returned to his room, deputies said. But when they noticed his clothes on the beach, they summoned a coach and other swimmers to begin a search. Ebersole was a former Mississippi state high school champion swimmer. He also won the U.S. Achievement National Mathematics Award and was the United Way male teen volunteer of the year, the newspaper reported.

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Lake Worth Man Accused Of 'Political Attack' On Girlfriend

WEST PALM BEACH– An 18-year-old Marine recruit remained in jail on Wednesday, charged with threatening to stab his girlfriend over her choice for president, news partner NewsChannel 5 reported in its noon broadcast. The enlistee, Steven Scott Soper, of Lake Worth, became enraged Tuesday night when his 18-year-old girlfriend said she was leaving him -- and voting for John Kerry for president. Soper, who will enter the Marines as soon as he passes the GED test, solidly supports Bush. He allegedly told girlfriend Stacey Silheira, "You'll never live to see the election." Palm Beach Sheriff's Office deputies called to the home in Lake Worth said they had to use a Taser – an electronic stun gun – to subdue Soper. They described Soper as enraged and said he was holding Silheira captive. He was armed with a screwdriver and threatening to stab her in the neck, they said. When Silheira eventually broke free a deputy fired the Taser, shocking him into submission. Charged with aggravated assault, Soper remains in jail without bond until he undergoes a psychiatric exam, NewsChannel 5 reported.

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Popular Alligator "Elvis" Found Swimming With Knife Stuck In Head

Florida Fish and Wildlife officers in Sarasota, Fla., are investigating the discovery of a popular alligator swimming with a large knife stuck in its head, according to Local 6 News. The alligator, nicknamed Elvis by local residents, was apparently attacked this week in the pond he lives in. The alligator was spotted by residents swimming with the blade in its head. Residents are angered by the attack, since Elvis has never been a problem and does not bother the ducks living in the pond. Wildlife officials are trying to determine if the alligator can be saved. If the attacker is caught, the person faces fines and prison time, according to the report.


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TV Meteorologist Accused Of Soliciting Sex With Minor

MIAMI- South Florida TV meteorologist Bill Kamal was arrested Sunday in Fort Pierce as part of an investigation into sexual predators. Authorities say Kamal set up a meeting for sex over the Internet with what he thought was a 14-year-old boy. The boy was actually an undercover federal agent, police say. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said Kamal had two condoms when he was arrested as well as two toys, one of which was a water gun. WSVN representatives said the station has fired Kamal. Kamal had been the Miami station's chief meteorologist. Investigators confiscated Kamal's laptop computer and a desktop computer, but will not say if they found anything illegal on the computers. Kamal is being held without bond in the St. Lucie County Jail.

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Florida Man Who Killed Prankster Gets 1 Year

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- A man who shot a teenage prankster to death pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter and apologized to the boy's parents. Jay Levin, 41, was sentenced to one year in jail, to be served on weekends only, and 10 years of probation. He was also ordered to leave the suburban Boca Raton neighborhood where he and the victim, Mark Drewes, lived. Drewes, 16, and a friend were knocking on neighbors' doors and running away late at night when Levin said he mistook the 6-foot-2 teen for a burglar and "thought he saw something in Drewes' hand," according to sheriff's reports from the October 2003 shooting. Levin, an accountant, answered the knock on his door armed with a handgun and shot the teen in the back, deputies said. He then called 911 and told a dispatcher he had just shot "an intruder." At the hearing, Levin apologized to Drewes' parents, saying he thought about their son every day and that the shooting was a "mistake." Luciana Drewes said she wished the apology had come sooner. "You murdered my son. You murdered me," she told Levin.

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Police: Mom Told Daughter God Wanted Her To Have Sex With Stepdad

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.- A woman told her 23-year-old mentally handicapped daughter that God wanted her to have sex with her stepfather, say police who arrested the mother and her husband on charges of lewd and lascivious battery against a disabled person. The 43-year-old mother and her 48-year-old husband remained in the Bay County Jail at Panama City on Thursday. His bond was set at $20,000 and hers at $5,000. They were arrested Wednesday. Their names are being withheld to protect the alleged victim's identity. The daughter, who has the mental ability of a 10-year-old, had a sexual relationship with her stepfather for the past three years at her mother's request, said police Capt. Michael Moring. "The victim was being manipulated by the mother," Moring said. "She told the victim God wanted her to do it." Investigators suspect the mother and stepfather wanted the daughter to conceive a child the couple could call their own, Moring said. A doctor who examined the daughter confirmed she had been sexually active but was not pregnant, Moring said. She has been placed in a safe house. A friend of the handicapped woman discovered the sexual relationship Tuesday and contacted police, Moring said. He said investigators conducted taped interviews with the suspects that contributed to their arrests. The public defender's office has been assigned to represent the couple, but no attorneys were there Thursday to comment.

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Elementary School Students Face Charges For Bags Of Marijuana

ORLANDO, Fla.- Three third-graders in Orange County, Fla., face possible felony drug charges after they were caught with bags of marijuana at school, according to Local 6 News. Deputies said the 9- and 10-year old children were allegedly caught with the drugs at Pine Hills Elementary School Wednesday. The students were apparently spotted with the bags of drugs by a teacher. The Orange County Sheriff's Office has sent the case to the state attorney's office to decide whether to press charges against the children.

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Lawyer Accused Of Inhaling Laughing Gas Outside Courthouse

ORLANDO, Fla.- A 47-year-old attorney was arrested for allegedly inhaling nitrous oxide outside federal court in Orlando Wednesday, minutes after he represented a client facing illegal drug charges, according to Local 6 News. Mark Rife is accused of using and possessing nitrous oxide gas, or laughing gas, after police found 14 spend cartridges around his vehicle and 58 full cartridges inside his vehicle at the courthouse. Rife had just finished helping a client charged with conspiracy to posses and sell cocaine when he entered his car at a parking lot located under Interstate 4 in Orlando, according to the report. An alert Orange County deputy noticed that Rife appeared to be huffing or inhaling gas from metal canisters inside the vehicle. "I was getting ready to go to federal court and this was a shock," Orange County Deputy Ralph Miller said. I saw him drop the canisters out of the window and all of the sudden he puts it (car) in reverse and passes out and backs into a car." Rife got out of the vehicle and said that he had just left court and was preparing to get onto Interstate 4, according to Miller. After the crash, Orlando police officers found cartridges containing nitrous oxide in Rife's car, Local 6 News reported. Nitrous oxide induces mild euphoria, according to the report. "A lot of old Grateful Dead fans used (nitrous oxide)," an undercover drug agent on the scene said. "It gives them a high. It deprives the brain of oxygen." Inhaling harmful chemicals is a third-degree felony. Rife was booked into the Orange County Jail and then released on $1,000 bond.

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Man Accused Of Drugging Boys At Sex Parties Sentenced

ORLANDO, Fla. -A 45-year-old Orlando man accused of luring young men to his house for sex parties, and then drugging them, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and supervised probation Wednesday, according to Local 6 News. Mark Randall was originally accused of injecting men with tainted blood but reached a plea agreement with federal attorneys earlier this year clearing him of any charges connected to sexual crimes. In February, agents raided a garage in Orlando and confiscated videotapes and bloody syringes that they believed were evidence of sex crimes committed by Randall. An investigation had determined that Randall was reportedly having sex parties in the garage of his home at 211 E. Kaley St. and possibly injecting the men with blood. The government took blood samples from Randall but the results were never released. Randall pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Randall's sentence is not expected to be lengthy because federal prosecutors say he has accepted responsibility for his crime, Local 6 News reported Wednesday.

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Woman Punched In Face After Stopping To Help Man

Authorities in Port Orange, Fla., are searching for man who punched a woman in the face after she stopped to help him on Interstate 95, according to Local 6 News. Police said a woman motorist was driving a white mini-van southbound on I-95 near the Williamson Boulevard overpass this weekend when she noticed a man waving his arms. When the woman stopped to help the man, the suspect punched the woman several times in the face. The woman then ran from the car on foot and called police from her cell phone. The man jumped in her car and drove away, according to the report. The victim said the man was in his late teens with a stocky build and short hair.

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Truck Kills Fla. Man Turning Lawn Mower In Road

MOLINO, Fla. -An elderly Escambia County man died when he drove his rider mower into the road for a turn in front of his house and was hit by a passing truck driven by a teenager. Edward Del Buono, 77, of Molino was killed in the collision Saturday afternoon, said volunteer fire Capt. Anthony Manning. Robert Thomas Jr., 17, of Molino was trying to pass a car when his truck hit Del Buono's mower, the Florida Highway Patrol said. There was no immediate information available on whether he faced any charges.

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Police Called When Crowd Of 600 Gets Unruly Waiting For Flu Shots

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -Police were called when a crowd of 600 people got unruly after gathering at a St. Petersburg supermarket for hoped-for flu shots. Less than 300 doses were on hand. Store managers called police after people started screaming and hollering for tickets for the shots. Two officers and a sergeant helped restore calm. Some people spent the night in sleeping bags to be near the front of the line. Elderly men and women waited in wheelchairs and leaned on walkers. Some brought lawn chairs and umbrellas. The nation's suddenly limited supply of flu vaccine is going fast. The rush for shots has become political fodder. Democratic Senate candidate Betty Castor talked with people waiting for shots at a Tampa supermarket. She said government is not doing its job. A new ad from John Kerry's campaign blames President George W. Bush for ignoring warnings about shortages three years ago.

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11-Year-Old Arrested After Pointing Gun At School Bus

An 11-year-old boy in Marion County, Fla., was arrested Friday after he pointed a toy gun at a Marion County school bus and another passer-by, according to the sheriff's office. A school bus driver said the student was standing on the side of Sunset Harbor Road when he pointed the faux-revolver cap gun at the bus at 6:15 a.m. Other school buses were detoured from the immediate area after the report and several deputies responded. Officers located the boy on a separate bus headed for Nike Academy based on information given by the driver. The boy admitted to having a toy gun and playing with it while waiting for the bus. During the investigation, deputies made contact with a woman who also reported that the boy had pointed a gun at her as she drove by. Hughes was transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center, where he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of disruption of a school function.

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Former Fla. Firefighter To Get $10,000 Over Hazing

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.- A former firefighter who was bound with plastic handcuffs last year during an apparent hazing incident will receive a $10,000 settlement. Krystyna Krakowski resigned from the Coral Springs Fire Department in January. She was notified of the settlement with the city of Coral Springs earlier this month, records show. At the time of the February 2003 incident, Krakowski was a probationary firefighter. She told investigators she was roused from her sleep at a station by five male co-workers. A blanket was thrown over her head, and her ankles were bound with plastic handcuffs. The firefighters involved in the prank fled when she struggled, investigators said. According to a city memo, Krakowski was treated for post traumatic stress disorder. She also said she was ostracized by some of her fellow firefighters, prohibiting the teamwork required to safely do her job, an Oct. 5 memo from Deputy City Attorney John Hearn said. Coral Spring's insurer settled the case in the "best interest" of the city, although it found "no wrongdoing" on the part of the city, Hearn's memo said. An investigation into the incident resulted in the firing of two firefighters. However, the two firefighters were later reinstated after an arbitrator decided termination was too severe a punishment. Coral Springs is about 13 miles north of Fort Lauderdale.

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Pet Lizard Causes Florida House Fire

MARY ESTHER, Fla.- A pet lizard is being blamed for causing a fire that severely damaged a house, killed the reptile and put a cat in an animal hospital. The blaze began after the large orange lizard, one of Lynn Robinson's many pets, escaped from its cage Wednesday in this Fort Walton Beach suburb, said state fire marshal's investigator Gary Gazillo. The lizard apparently knocked over a heat lamp atop the cage and it landed on a comforter lying on the floor. That ignited the fire that caused an estimated $20,000 in damage to the modest three-bedroom rental house, Gazillo said. Although rare, Gazillo said it wasn't the first time he has investigated a fire caused by a lizard and a heat lamp. The flames were contained in a matter of minutes to the back bedroom, said Dave Messerschmidt, a battalion chief with the Fort Walton Beach Fire Department. Robinson and her husband, David, were at work. Firefighters and neighbors rescued their two dogs, a second lizard and one of her cats, Chewy, which was treated for smoke inhalation. A second cat was missing, but firefighters said it appears the animal escaped from the burning home. The Robinsons had found Chewy after Hurricane Ivan struck the Florida Panhandle and took him in.

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Men Charged After Goat Mauled By Florida Panther

NAPLES, Fla.- Two Ochopee men are charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty for allegedly allowing a goat to be tied up so a panther could kill it near their campground in rural Collier County. Campground owner Jack Shealy and Richard Scholle could face up to a year in jail if convicted. Shealy had complained about the Florida panther, which was preying on animals for more than a week at the campground. Officials believe Shealy and Scholle gave permission to another man to tie up the goat in the hope it would attract the panther. Then the men would be able to track and capture or kill the panther. On June 16, the panther appeared and attacked the goat.

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Prosecutors Say Making 13-Year-Old Drink Hot Sauce Is Not Crime

SARASOTA, Fla.- Prosecutors in Sarasota have dropped felony child-neglect charges against a man who forced his 13-year-old stepson to drink hot sauce as punishment for leaving a gate open. An attorney for Michael Massanelli said prosecutors have acknowledged that making the teenager drink hot sauce was no different than washing a child's mouth out with soap. In the words of lawyer Derek Byrd, "if giving hot sauce were criminal, then a lot of our grandmothers would have gone to jail." Sheriff's detectives charged Massanelli in June and booked him into jail on child abuse charges. An arrest report said he told detectives he was upset because his two-year-old daughter could have wandered out of the left open by his stepson. After forcing him to drink the hot sauce, the boy told detectives his stepfather wouldn't allow him to rinse his mouth, which "felt as if it were on fire." Detectives say they charged Massanelli with child abuse because he intentionally inflicted physical or mental injury upon the boy. Later, the prosecutors amended the charge to felony child neglect. But Byrd says once they examined the record, they realized there was NO malice or criminal intent.

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Commissioner's Son Accused Of Trying To Break Into Homes

The 24-year-old son of a Central Florida commissioner was arrested Wednesday accused of trying to break into at least two homes, according to Local 6 News. Police said Justin McKinnon, who is the son of Kissimmee commissioner Wendall McKinnon, tried to enter the homes while the homeowners were inside. Homeowner Dustin Harger called 911 shortly after figuring out that McKinnon was not a repairman checking his home. "I was scared," Harger said. "I didn't know if he had a gun, if he was crazy or something like that. I hit the panic button on my car. The alarm was going off and I was hoping it would scare him off." Investigators said McKinnon has already been arrested 21 times and was on probation when he allegedly tried to break into the homes Wednesday. Local 6 News has also learned that McKinnon may also be tied to three other burglaries. McKinnon is being held without bond at the Osceola County Jail.

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Florida Companies Accused Of Price Gouging Flu Vaccine

Several drug distribution companies in Florida are accused of price gouging the flu vaccine, according to a Local 6 News investigation. Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist said some distribution companies are charging more than $700 for a vial of flu vaccine that would normally sell for $85. "The most egregious one we've received involves a company in Broward County where they've increased the price by almost 900 percent over what it would ordinarily be," Crist said. A Florida-based company, Med-Stats, is now the subject of a lawsuit filed by the attorney general's office in Kansas, Local 6 News has learned. Florida will likely file a similar lawsuit Wednesday, according to the report. "The obvious concern we have is, No. 1, people don't get the medicine they need to be vaccinated from the flu," Crist said. "No. 2., if somebody's trying to take advantage of them, with a situation like this, it's a violation of the law." There have been other scattered reports of price gouging in Florida since the shortage was announced. "We've gotten five of them now, three regarding businesses on the east coast, and two on the west coast of Florida," Crist said. Regulators shut down a vaccine plant in England on Oct. 5, halting shipment of millions of vaccine doses to the United States and creating a shot shortage.

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Wrestler Accused Of Stabbing Opponent 14 Times In Match

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- A professional wrestler accused of stabbing his opponent 14 times with a prop during a match has been arrested on a charge of aggravated battery. Both wrestlers in the local Thunder Wrestling Federation event told police the prop was brought in as part of what in wrestling is known as "hard-core," where it is not uncommon to see such props as knives, chains, bats and barbed wire. The Sunday event's promoter said it wasn't supposed to be hard-core. Police charged Jerome Young, 41, of Smyrna, Ga., who goes by the ring name of New Jack, with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He was being held under $40,003 bond Tuesday in the Duval County Jail. A court appearance was set for Nov. 2. Young told police he and his opponent, William Jason Lane, 37, of Fruit Cove, planned before the match to use a piece of metal to inflict some injury. Lane, treated and released at Shands Jacksonville hospital, told officers he wasn't sure what happened but that "this is a dangerous sport," according to a police report. Lane did not want to talk about the incident Tuesday, but a woman who said she was his girlfriend told The Florida Times-Union that the event was supposed to be hard-core but not violent. "It wasn't supposed to happen like that. But it did, and he got hurt pretty bad," said Meghan Hancock. Promoter Maurice Williams said he doesn't promote hard-core. "We wrestle. You won't see any barbed wire bats and chains." Williams said wrestlers will be checked closely before future bouts. "There will be nothing ever coming near Thunder again," he said. Witnesses, including a Brunswick, Ga., police officer who videotaped the match, said it looked like it went past a routine wrestling match. Another witness said it looked like one wrestler lost control when he thought the other was "intentionally trying to hurt him," according to the police report. A fan scooped up the metal object, which has not been recovered by police. Jail records Tuesday gave no information on Young's legal representation.

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Son Kills Elderly Mother With Crossbow

PALM CITY, Fla. -- A man was charged with murder after fatally shooting his elderly mother with a crossbow, officials said. Bruce Charles Neal, 42, had been fighting with his mother, 79-year-old Jean Neal, over her will, officials said. After taking a bike ride to cool down, he took a crossbow from the trunk of his car and shot a phonebook "so he could impress his mother with the power of the cross bow," according to a report by Martin County sheriff's officials. He said when she wasn't impressed, he shot her in the chest, the report said. Bruce Neal told authorities his mother walked into the kitchen before falling. He pulled out the arrow before calling 911, telling a dispatcher "it wasn't an accident," and that he was bipolar, according to the Stuart News. Officials found Jean Neal on the floor of the kitchen and a bloody arrow on the kitchen counter, according to a police report. Bruce Neal was handcuffed at the house, but he "began to cry again and asked me if his mother was dead," wrote Detective Rebecca S. Bagley in a report. Jean Neal was pronounced dead at Martin Memorial Medical Center. Ruth and Gerry Mefferd, neighbors in an upscale cul-de-sac, said Jean Neal was a retired nurse who had moved to Florida eight years ago with her husband, who died in April. Bruce Neal, an unemployed handyman, worked for neighbors, the couple said. "We all said we don't know what we'd do without him," said Ruth Mefferd, 89. "Nobody in the neighborhood understands." At a court hearing Monday, Bruce Neal was ordered held without bail.

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Woman Convicted Of Slapping Boyfriend Who Beat Her

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 45-year-old woman in Central Florida was found guilty of slapping her boyfriend while he was handcuffed after an arrest on a charge of beating her, according to Local 6 News. But a judge decided Monday to give Cynthia Williams only a year's probation and no criminal conviction. Williams admitted slapping Peter Reddy after he was arrested and charged with felony battery in the couple's home on Jan 9. She said he had hit her so hard that she suffered several fractures in her face. "But my case and the way it was handled shows the plight of battered women," she said Monday. Williams could have received a year in prison on the misdemeanor battery charge. Prosecutors had dropped the charge against Reddy, 48, after Williams refused to cooperate out of fear she might hurt her own case. But after Reddy testified against Williams on Monday, deputies arrested him again. They also served Williams with subpoenas so she would now testify against him in his case. But Williams wasn't sure she would testify. "I haven't made up my mind yet," said Williams. "There's a lot of anger in that man's heart."

(Local 6 article here)

Darth Vader Mugs Pizza Man

Darth Vader walks among us, and he's not in a happy mood. That's according to Kissimmee, Fla., authorities, who reported over the weekend that a pizza deliveryman was nearly robbed by an imposing figure dressed as the "Star Wars" bad guy. "This is a criminal mind trying to think of things to do to victimize people," Osceola County Deputy Sheriff Al Dearmas told WFTV-TV of Orlando. The deliveryman brought a pizza to a Kissimmee address Sunday night, said Dearmas, only to find no one home. He got back into his car to drive away, when Darth Vader, mask, black outfit and all, suddenly materialized. In a presumably commanding voice, the evil Sith Lord ordered the deliveryman to give up all his cash. The pizza man hit the gas and sped off, but not before getting a good zap from what may have been a laser blaster, a light saber or perhaps just a stun gun. "Thank God nothing happened to the victim," Dearmas told the TV station. "We are very fortunate for that." "But things could have been much worse," he added, possibly considering the awesome power of the Dark Side. The call ordering the pizza was made from a pay phone at a drugstore around the corner. "We were able to obtain some fingerprints from the pay phone, and we have sent [them] out to ... see if we can have a match," said Dearmas. Tipsters are urged to call the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, and maybe Obi-Wan Kenobi as well.

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Pet Dog Kills 5-Week-Old Infant

JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- A 5-week-old baby left alone by his grandmother died after being mauled by the family dog. Jose Diaz was on a bed Tuesday when the dog jumped up and attacked him. Police believe a 7-year-old mutt hurt the boy, though officers also found two other dogs in the house. The baby had bites on his face and head when his parents, both 19, brought him to a fire station after the attack. He was taken by helicopter to Shands Jacksonville hospital, where he later died. Sun Woodjinski, 49, was supposed to be baby-sitting the boy. The baby's mother, Jennifer Woodjinski, was working at a nearby Taco Bell and his father, Albert Diaz, did yardwork. The mutt belonged to Jennifer Woodjinski, but she left the dog at her mother's home when she moved away and had her baby. Homicide detectives were investigating, but it appeared the death was accidental, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson said. It was unclear what would be done with the dogs.

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First-Grader Arrested, Handcuffed After Fight

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Police handcuffed and arrested an 8-year-old boy after a fight and charged him with misdemeanor battery and criminal mischief. First grader Isaac Sutton was arrested Monday by a Tallahassee police officer after a fight with a 10-year-old boy in his neighborhood. A police report says Isaac punched and slapped the other boy during an argument. The victim's mother called police. Isaac was taken to a juvenile center and released to his mother after midnight. "This was children's stuff, a disagreement between two neighborhood kids," said Kathy Garner, Isaac's attorney. The boy's arrest was made public by his mother, Pamela Kelly. It was the second time in recent weeks that a north Florida elementary school student has been booked by police for fighting. A 7-year-old in neighboring Jefferson County was arrested at school Sept. 1 for allegedly fighting another student, hitting a teacher and scratching a police officer. In Isaac's case, assistant city attorney Rick Courtemanche said the arresting officer decided there was enough evidence to arrest the 4-foot-10, 70-pound boy. And, he said, city policy requires officers to handcuff juveniles when taking them to the county's Juvenile Assessment Center. "He just needs a good talking-to," Garner said. "This doesn't need to be handled in the judicial system."

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