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Bigot Jailed For Threatening to Burn House Being Bought by Muslim Family

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David Howard (l) threatened to burn his neighbor’s house down rather than have a Muslim move in

TAMPA, Florida  —  A Muslim-hating homeowner was sentenced to eight months in prison for threatening to burn a neighbor’s house to the ground rather than let a Muslim family buy it.

David Howard, 59, was accused of accosting Kaderbhai Ali Asgar and his wife in 2016 as they were doing the final walk through before plunking down $658,000 to buy the house next door on David Islands in Tampa, Florida, prosecutors said.

“This sale will not take place,” Howard said, according to court documents. “I will break all of your f—— windows and I will burn your f—— house down.”

The outburst so unnerved Asgar that he and his wife backed out of the sale and lost their  $30,000 deposit.

Howard pleaded guilty in February to a felony civil rights violation and now has been sentenced to eight months behind bars, two years probation and $30,000 in restitution.

“This Justice Department will not stand by when individuals use violence and intimidation to deny fair housing rights,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore. “The Civil Rights Division will continue to prosecute crimes like this one that deprive families of a safe place to live.”

Howard testified that his outburst was driven by testosterone supplements he takes because he has AIDS. He claimed he was not racist, although he said he was not fond of Muslims as he had lost a loved one in the September 11 attack.

Prosecutors say Howard later boasted to friends and neighbors about driving the couple out and made derogatory remarks about Muslims.

Asgar said that he was very pleased at the punishment Howard received.

“I’m very happy that the judge did a very fair judgement,” Asgar said after court.

 

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Barricaded Ex-Con Fatally Shoots Four Kids, Self, as Cops Close In

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Gary Wayne Lindsey killed himself after shooting four kids

ORLANDO — An ex-con shot and killed four young kids before turning the gun on himself following an hours-long standoff with cops, during which an officer was shot and seriously wounded.

Gary Wayne Lindsey Jr., a 35-year-old felon who was on probation for arson and other charges, barricaded himself with the four kids inside his apartment after cops arrived there in response to a domestic abuse call involving his girlfriend.

As cops tried to make their way into the apartment, Lindsey allegedly opened fire, striking Officer Kevin Valencia of the Orlando police. He was listed in critical injuries after surgery but was expected to live.

That sparked a 24-hour standoff with Lindsey barricaded inside his home with the kids — two of whom are his, with the others belonging to his girlfriend.

Cops tried to communicate with him by cell phone in an effort to convince him to come out, but the connection was spotty, the Orlando Sentinel reported. When an officer came to give Lindsey another phone, he spotted the lifeless body of one of the children, so officers decided to raid the house.

After getting inside, cops “found that all four children have been killed by the suspect by apparent gunshot wounds,” Orlando Police Chief John Mina said.

The children were ages 1, 6, 10 and 11. “We have no idea when those children lost their lives,” Mina said.

Lindsey was found dead of a gunshot wound in a closet.

Records show Lindsey was on probation for a 2008 arrest in Volusia County, in which he was accused of trying to burn down a house in Orange City during an domestic argument.

He was also accused of threatening a woman with a knife as she held her 7-month-old son in Orange County in 2012, but prosecutors opted not to file charges in that case.

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Florida Man Snared in Theft of Animals from Local Zoo

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Sedrick Price had a thing for stolen zoo animals

GAINESVILLE, Florida — A 20-year-old Florida has been arrested after cops found seven animals that had been stolen from a nearby zoo in his home.

Sedrick Price, who lives in a Gainesville apartment complex not far from where the animals were stolen, was found with seven of the 11 animals that disappeared from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo in late May.

“He was arrested for his involvement in the case and is charged with grand theft. Our investigation is continuing, and we are still concerned for the safety of the missing animals and we hope we are able to recover them quickly,” said Sante Fe College Police Capt. Ryan Woods.

Four animals — two gopher tortoises and two box turtles — were taken from the zoo on May 23. Seven more animals, including three more box turtles, two red foot tortoises, a skink and a squirrel monkey, were taken on May 30, school officials said.

Cops were led to Price’s home after receiving a tip that the animals might be there. Investigators were able to recover seven animals, three box turtles, two red-foot tortoises, a skink and a squirrel monkey from Price’s home.

Six of the rescued animals had been taken in the second burglary and one box turtle had been taken during the earlier theft.

Zoo officials said they remain deeply concerned about the animals that remain missing as some need medication.

Cops say more arrests are possible, and they are hopeful they can recover the remaining four animals.

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Restaurant Worker Guns Down Creepy Clown Mask Robber

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This creepy clown robber got more than he bargained for

HOLLY HILL, Florida — This clown messed with the wrong guy.

A worker at a Little Caesars restaurant in Florida gunned down a clown mask-wearing thief who attacked him with a wood plank and a pair of scissors as he closed up for the night, police said.

Employee Heriberto Feliciano, 28, had just switched on the security system at the Holly Hill restaurant late Saturday  and was walking out into the parking lot when the masked man attacked.

Cops said security camera footage showed the man wearing a clown mask jump out of the darkness and begin wailing at Feliciano with a two-by- four wooden pole until it broke. The robber then took out a pair of scissors and demanded Feliciano hand over his cash, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

Feliciano suffered injuries to his head and shoulder but managed to pull out his gun, for which he has a carry permit, and open fire four or five times at close range, cops said. He then called 911.

Cops recovered this mask at the scene, where bullet holes pockmarked a window

When officers arrived at the scene, the robber was laying in the middle of the parking lot with the clown mask still on and a pair of scissors on the ground nearby. He was taken to to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.

Cops said they hadn’t yet confirmed the identity of the dead man. Feliciano has not been charged.

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Man Busted in Underage Sex Sting Stabs Self With Wooden Sailfish

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Paul Morgan Newport used a sailfish sculpture like this one to try to slash his throat

CAPE CORAL, Florida — A sicko sex offender being arrested for the second time for attempting to lure a young boy for sex, tried to avoid another stint behind bars by stabbing himself with a wooden sailfish statue.

Cops in Florida say Paul Morgan Newport, 50, was one of 18 men snatched up last week in a sting of men who were trawling social media to solicit underage victims for sex.

The Lee County Sheriff’s office says Newport solicited an undercover agent posing as a 14-year-old boy on the hookup app Grindr and agree to meet for oral sex, WFTX-TV reported.

After detectives met him at the agreed rendezvous spot instead and Newport was taken into custody, he managed to bolt into a bedroom where he grabbed the wooden fish statue that sat on the nightstand and used it to slash his neck.

Paul Morgan Newport

Officers used a Taser to subdue him and rushed him to a hospital where he was treated for his injuries.

In 2016, Newport was nabbed in a similar sting and has been a registered sex offender ever since.

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Couple Steals Walmart Motorized Shopping Cart to Get to Bar

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Jeffrey Robert Sabiel and Santa Walters needed a lift and the cart was available

LARGO, Florida — When you need a ride to the bar, you need a ride to the bar.

A Florida couple was busted after allegedly stealing a motorized shopping cart from Walmart and using it to drive to their local watering hole, cops said.

Jeffrey Robert Sabiel, 50, and Santa Marie Walters, 32,  were caught on security tape snatching the $1,100 sit-down shopping trolley from a Walmart Thursday afternoon, the Largo police said.

Cops soon tracked the couple down when they spotted their chariot parked outside Jimmy’s Sports Bar.

When initially questioned, the couple denied taking the missing cart but later admitted to it after being told they had been caught on tape.

They were both charged with grand theft.

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Mom, Two Toddlers Killed in Fiery Wreck After Striking Alligator in Road

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Amber Stanley and her two kids died after an alligator drove them into a tree

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina — A Florida mother and her two kids were killed when their car struck an alligator on a South Carolina expressway, causing the woman to lose control and slam into a tree.

Authorities said Amber Stanley, 24, her 4-year-old son Jack, and her 2-year-old daughter Autumn all died after the vehicle burst into flames along I-95 early Monday morning.

The family was from Callahan, Florida and were head to stay at a friend’s house at Myrtle Beach for a vacation.

Amber’s husband Josh was away in Pennsylvania for a work-related training when the crash happened.

“It comes in waves,” he told People magazine. “I’ll think it didn’t happen, then it hits me that I’m never gonna hug my kids or kiss my wife again. I’ve been on auto-mode. I haven’t really processed it.”

 

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Florida Man Charged With Trying to Torch Sex Offenders at Hotel

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Jorge Porto-Sierra said the sex offenders he tried to set on fire ‘deserved to die’

KISSIMMEE, Florida — An enraged Florida man has been busted for trying to kill sex offenders by setting them on fire after dousing their hotel room with gasoline.

Jorge Porto-Sierra is accused of running up to the door of a room at the Friendly Village Inn in Kissimmee on March 7 with a can of gas in his hands, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said.

The two men in the room said Porto-Sierra then yelled,  “You’re going to die child molester,” before dumping gas all over the entryway and then broke a window and began pouring the flammable liquid into the room, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

The men managed to escape through a rear window. Prosecutors say Porto-Sierra then got into a car and began ramming another vehicle with two people inside, before hopping out to pour gas into the vehicle, cops said.

Three of the victims are sex offenders, police records show.

When cops arrived, Porto-Sierra told them that the people he was trying to kill “raped kids … they deserve to die.”

When asked why he didn’t light the car and room on fire, Porto-Sierra said, “because you got here too soon.”

 

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George Zimmerman Threatened to Feed Investigator to Alligator: Cops

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George Zimmerman is in trouble with the law again

SANFORD, Florida — George Zimmerman, the trigger-happy neighborhood watchman acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin in 2012, has been arrested again for allegedly threatening to feed an investigator to an alligator.

The Seminole County Sheriff’s office says Zimmerman bombarded the investigator working with a film company making a documentary about Martin’s death with 55 phone calls, 36 voicemails, 67 text messages and 27 emails in a nine-day span last year.

The investigator, Dennis Warren, had initially contacted Zimmerman last September, asking if he would be willing to participate in the film. After months of civil back-and-forth between Zimmerman and the film’s producers, he began harassing the investigator after he had contacted Zimmerman’s uncle.

“Give him a heads up. I’m going to find him, and I’m bringing hell with me,” Zimmerman allegedly texted the film producer.  “Local or former law enforcement officer, he’s well on his way to the inside of a gator.”

Amid the barrage of messages he sent to Warren was one in which he threatened that  “I’ll see you before you realize it.”

Another message contained a link to an article in which Zimmerman was quoted as saying, “I know how to handle people who fuck with me. I have since February 2012,” which was the month he fatally shot Martin.

That prompted Warren to contact police.

After a review of the messages Zimmerman had sent, cops opted to charge him with aggravated stalking. When they contacted Zimmerman, he allegedly yelled at the female investigator who rang, calling her a “cunt,” and a “whore,” cops said.

“Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” is a six-part documentary produced by rapper Jay Z, scheduled to debut this summer. t

Zimmerman shot the unarmed Martin in 2012 as the teen walked through a gated community where his father lived and Zimmerman served on the neighborhood watch. The case drew national attention due to its racial overtones — Martin was black  — and Zimmerman’s unrepentant nature.

Zimmerman was charged with murder but later acquitted on the basis of Florida’s “stand your ground” law which allows gun owners to legally kill someone if they feel threatened.

Outrage over the case is widely seen as the origins of the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Zimmerman has since had numerous run-ins with the law, including several domestic violence complaints.

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Creep With 90 Lbs of Women’s Underwear Convicted of Stalking Neighbor

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Isitro Lee Sanches had a fetish for panties

PANAMA CITY, Florida (May 7, 2018) — This is pretty weird, even for Florida.

A creepy stalker who kept a stash of 90 pounds of women’s underwear has been convicted of repeatedly breaking into his neighbor’s home and leaving pairs of panties with notes saying he hoped he’d see her wearing them.

Isitro Lee Sanches, who was known around his neighborhood as Santa Claus because of his white, flowing beard, was arrested last year after the woman’s boyfriend caught him snooping in the kitchen of her home.

The woman who was the object of his obsession testified that she lost count of how many pairs of panties she found on her porch, in her car and  even on her bed with disturbing notes suggesting the weirdo responsible was watching her, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.

“It got to the point it happened several times a day,” she said. “I was just gathering the notes and the panties so I could report them later. It got too much. I work two jobs.”

The woman eventually moved because the harassment grew too unnerving.

The 59-year-old Sanches was eventually caught when the woman’s boyfriend caught him in her kitchen. When deputies searched Sanches’ home, they found three 30-pound bags of women’s underwear.

It’s not clear if there were other victims.

“He was just my neighbor — we waved a couple times,” the woman said. “I felt violated and scared — scared for my children.”

Sanches was convicted of three counts of burglary and one count of aggravated stalking. He faces up to 40 years in prison.

 

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