Florida lawmakers got their first tour of the new migrant detention facility in the Everglades called Alligator Alcatraz. Democratic lawmakers had been asking for a tour for weeks after detainees claimed there were “inhumane” conditions inside the facility. A group of the lawmakers had sued Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to be allowed in. On…
From reality television, to the plot of “Bridgerton,” 2024 might very well be the year of the “throuple.” The polyamorous relationship involving three romantic partners, instead of the more conventional two, seems to be popping up everywhere. And a throuple is at the center of a murder investigated by “48 Hours” and correspondent Peter Van…
In April 2018, in the sleepy Florida Gulf Coast town of Eastpoint, it appeared a killer had struck. “I received a call that a body was located .. off of Highway 98,” Lt. Ronnie Jones, from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, told “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant. Badly beaten and with no identification, the…
This story originally aired on Jan. 14. Melissa Turner called 911 saying she had discovered her fiancé Matthew Trussler lying unresponsive near their swimming pool in Riverview, Florida. He was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy later revealed he had died from stab wounds. It was Oct. 18, 2019, and Melissa initially told…
A family of three was struck by lightning while under an umbrella at a beach in Florida’s Pinellas County, officials said Friday. St. Pete Beach Fire Rescue was dispatched to the scene at 12:19 p.m., Deputy Fire Chief Adam Poirrer said. Multiple units from the fire rescue team and Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded and…
Sheriff defends father who jumped in after daughter who fell from Disney cruise ship – CBS News Watch CBS News A 5-year-old girl fell off a Disney cruise ship after losing her balance while sitting on a railing. The Broward Sheriff’s Office is defending the father who jumped in to save his daughter. Cristian Benavides…
A man surfing in Florida was hit in the face by a spinning shark — and the encounter was caught on camera. Surfer Darren Kaye said he was in waters off New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Friday evening when the spinner shark knocked him off his board. Video shows the shark flying from the water…
FLORIDA – The bill that bans cell phone use for Florida elementary and middle school students during the school day went into effect on Tuesday. RELATED: Here are 25 new Florida laws that will go into effect on July 1 The cell phone change was included in a broader education bill, HB 1105. The bill…
A major storm has yet to hit Florida this hurricane season but that hasn’t stopped the annual deluge of drugs from making landfall. A beachgoer on Sunday morning stumbled across nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine wrapped in “Yosemite Sam” packaging washed up on a Florida beach, authorities said, marking yet another discovery of illicit drugs…
A homeless woman was found dead in a clothing donation box in Florida on Friday after she apparently tried to work her way in to retrieve donated items and got stuck, according to police. Plantation Police Department officers were called at 6:45 a.m. on a report of a person stuck in the large, pink box…