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St. Thomas GOP chairwoman arrested in trafficking case

August 15, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chairwoman of the University of St. Thomas College Republicans has been arrested in Florida on suspicion of recruiting minors for a sex trafficking ring.

Gisela Castro Medina, 19, was arrested Thursday in Fort Walton Beach, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Saturday.

Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems

By RYAN E. LITTLE, GINA SCALPONE, NICK McCOOL, THERESA DIFFENDAL, ZACK DEMARS, ANEURIN CANHAM-CLYNE and RIIN ALJAS / The Howard Center for Investigative ReportingJune 29, 2020 GMT

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In the nine years he has been homeless, Kenneth Shultz has spent one of every three nights in jail...

School bus driver charged for shaking boy in wheelchair

September 10, 2019 GMT

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school bus driver has been charged with child abuse for allegedly shaking a child who is in a wheelchair and can't speak...

Parents charged with faking son’s brain cancer for money

February 2, 2018 GMT

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida couple lied to their 13-year-old son about having brain cancer so they could use his fictitious illness to raise money for nonexistent medical expenses...

Opossum breaks into liquor store and gets drunk as a skunk

December 2, 2017 GMT

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue center and was released unharmed...

The week in odd news: Opossum in liquor store; Sphinx found

BY RICHARD A. SOMMADecember 2, 2017 GMT

'POSSUM ON A GUM BUSH:' OPOSSUM BREAKS INTO LIQUOR STORE, GETS DRUNK AS A SKUNK ...

Self-described drug dealer calls 911, reports stolen cocaine

July 19, 2017 GMT

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Calling 911 to report a stolen bag of cocaine probably wasn't the best idea for a self-described Florida drug dealer...