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Scott Israel quits as Opa-locka police chief; Will he run for Broward sheriff again?
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Scott Israel is out as chief of the Opa-locka Police Department, with some speculation that he may be planning to run again for Broward sheriff. -
New Supreme Court Justice Meredith Sasso’s husband Michael, a DeSantis go-to favorite, could create conflicts for her
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Justice Meredith Sasso brings the Supreme Court potential conflicts of interest from her husband Michael Sasso, a prominent right-winger with big roles of his own – paid steward of government labor disputes, public college trustee and nominal judge-maker. -
Ex-Everglades Foundation chief scientist Van Lent guilty of contempt, faces up to 1 year in county jail
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge has found the Everglades Foundation’s former chief scientist Thomas Van Lent guilty of indirect criminal contempt for disobeying a court order and deleting from his computers “massive amounts of data” owned by the foundation. -
Police drop condo pool complaint apparently filed by Justice Renatha Francis, finding ‘no indicator’ woman neglected her baby
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A police report released 10 months after a bizarre condo pool spat has vindicated a woman whose family suffered when a stranger claimed she’d ignored her baby, threatened to take away her kids and alerted child safety enforcers. -
Pensacola lawsuit seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for deadly terrorist attack should be tossed, U.S. magistrate says
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The families of three murdered U.S. Navy servicemen and eight others wounded when a Saudi Air Force officer with “significant ties to al-Qaeda” opened fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 2019 cannot sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for damages, a federal magistrate ruled Thursday.
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