Florida....? oh yeah, Florida.

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Florida man found with over “one ton” worth of child pornography

 

An Ocala man was arrested on Thursday after thousands of pounds of child pornography material was found in his home.

 

Paul Zittel, 72, was taken into custody for 25 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

 

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reported they received a tip in January that files of child sexual abuse material had been posted to the internet.

 

After investigation, it was discovered that the IP address belonged to Zittel.

 

A search warrant was granted to his residence.

 

Upon searching Zittel’s home, other occupants stated that he would not allow others to go into his bedroom or office without being personally escorted.

 

Detectives found countless photos showing child sexual abuse material.

 

 

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I hope those investigators get some counseling.  They're going to need it after looking at all that material.

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Sounds like some people with thin skins are looking for ways to identify people to target:

 

Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state

 

Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet or legislature to register with the state or face fines.

 

Brodeur’s proposal, Senate Bill 1316: Information Dissemination, would require any blogger writing about government officials to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics.

 

In the bill, Brodeur wrote that those who write “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature,” and receives or will receive payment for doing so, must register with state offices within five days after the publication of an article that mentions an elected state official.

 

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Beach battle over umbrellas heads to court

 

Pete Redero wanted to spend a day at the beach, but when he put up an umbrella on the sand at Belleair Shore, a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy issued a ticket for $116.

Redero decided to fight the ticket.

 

“Never in my life I expected to be in criminal court for an umbrella and hire a lawyer and be through all of this,” said Redero, who has now been fighting the fine for more than a year.

 

On Friday, he was once again in a Pinellas County Courtroom with his attorney who is the former mayor of the neighboring town of Belleair Beach.

 

“This does affect all Floridians, it’s not just this town,” attorney Joseph Manzo said. “If they get away with making a rational basis, simple arguments saying this is unsafe, well then, there is no limit because chairs can be unsafe, towels can be unsafe, swimming can be unsafe, skim boarding, walking, running, you name it.”

 

He argues the ordinance limits a citizen’s right to assemble.

 

“Basically, they are saying you can meet on the beach if you’d like, but when you get there in July, you can’t protect yourself from the sun,” said Manzo who says this ordinance is the only one of its kind in Florida.

 

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Man opens front door after hearing noise, bitten in leg by alligator

 

A Daytona Beach man was attacked by a male alligator that showed up at his front door Saturday night, officials said.

 

The incident happened around 9:42 p.m. at 1124 Champions Drive near a golf course off of LPGA Boulevard, said Daytona Beach police spokesman Carrie McCallister.

 

The alligator was 7-feet, 10-inches long, said state-certified trapper, Curtis Lucas, who was called by Florida Fish and Wildlife officials to trap the reptile.

 

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What's the matter with Ron DeSantis’ Florida?

 

What is the matter with Florida?

 

It’s a question posed by generations of Americans. Whether it’s throwing a live alligator through a Wendy’s drive-thru window or joining a Facebook event dedicated to shooting down a hurricane, the wonders that are Florida Man and Florida Woman have long produced wonder and amazement. But more recently, the Hot Mess state has turned into something far more troubling — the most intolerant and authoritarian-minded state in the country and a disquieting reminder of the descent of the Republican Party into the political sewer. 

 

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis likes to call Florida the “citadel of freedom” and the place “where woke goes to die.” The reality is a policy agenda defined largely by pettiness, cruelty and a disturbing disregard for basic democratic norms. If states are the so-called laboratory of American democracy, then Florida is the meth lab of American democracy.

 

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Red Tide Ron strikes again.

 

 

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Python invasion explodes out of the Everglades

 

Burmese pythons are too good at what they do — they’re nearly undetectable to both humans and their prey, they barely need to move and when they do they’re deadly. On top of that, they have lots of babies.

 

As a result, according to an ambitious new paper produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, their population has exploded in only 20 years from a few snakes at the southern tip of Everglades National Park to an invasion that envelops the southern third of Florida.

 

The reptile’s “invasion front” has recently rolled through Broward and Palm Beach counties and is moving up the state. The current front encompasses the southern end of Lake Okeechobee and is pushing westward north of Fort Myers.

 

The study, which meticulously synthesizes several decades’ worth of findings from more than 250 research initiatives, assesses where we stand in the python invasion and how we might slow it.

 

The success of these snakes, which are native to Southeast Asia, and came here via the exotic pet trade, has been a cataclysmic failure for South Florida ecosystems and “represent one of the most intractable invasive-species management issues across the globe,” said the paper.

 

To put it simply, the snakes are very much on the move, butting up against civilization and heading north — how far it will go depends on several factors, including climate change.

 

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[Captain Wiggles]

Why doesn't Meatball Ron bus the snakes to liberal sanctuary cities then? Problem solved.🤔 

 

Or just import some tigers from a "zoo" to kill all them snakes. 

 

Or bring in them Cajun swamp folk to hunt all the snakes same as they do the gators of Weezyanna. Like Cajun David Crosby from that "history" channel show.

 

 

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16 hours ago, China said:

Python invasion explodes out of the Everglades

 

Sounds like a commercial for Manscaped.

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[Captain Wiggles]

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“Having kids involved in this is wrong,” the governor said last year. “It is a disturbing trend in our society to try to sexualize these young people. That is not the way you look out for our children, you protect children, you do not expose them to things that are inappropriate.”

 

 

Were the kids onstage performing? Article says there were three children in the crowd accompanied by their parents. That's not a case of being sexualized or even involved. 🤷‍♂️

Edited March 20, 2023 by Captain Wiggles

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Yahoo:Who let the dogs out (of their seatbelts)? Florida bill bans dogs sniffing out of car windows

 

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A bill filed with the Florida Legislature would allow drivers to be ticketed for allowing dogs to stick their heads out of moving vehicles.

 

This is bound to be very unpopular with dogs, perhaps the worst news ever, unless there’s some anti butt-sniffing provisions buried in some other canine bill.

 

The dogs-in-seat-belts legislation has been filed by Florida Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, as part of an animal welfare bill that also bans the declawing of cats, except for “therapeutic cases.”

 

 

 

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Yahoo:Who let the dogs out (of their seatbelts)? Florida bill bans dogs sniffing out of car windows

 

 

 

 

This from the state where you don't have to wear a helmet to ride a motorcycle if you're over 21.

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Alas my dog doesn't know the joy of such a thing. He rides in a crate cuz he the precious cargos. 

 

 

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italian-museum-invite-michelangelo-david-statue-porn-controversy-1.6791747

 

Now they are forcing principals to resign after showing David to Floridians...because Florida man complained about nudity

 

David is not pornographic. It's biological.

[Captain Wiggles]

Pornography is art. Supreme Court says otherwise but what do they know. Not one of them has a degree in Art History. 🤪

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Pinellas plastic surgeon faces murder charge of missing lawyer, Steven Cozzi

 

A Florida plastic surgeon was taken into police custody early Sunday morning after a traffic stop in Tarpon Springs. He faces a first-degree murder charge related to a missing Pinellas County lawyer, Steven Cozzi, according to the Largo Police Department.

 

Largo police responded to a call for service Tuesday about a missing person and learned Cozzi had left his Largo office, leaving behind his wallet, car keys and cellphone.

 

But he was never seen exiting the building and left behind his vehicle, according to police.

 

“During the investigation, there was a strong chemical odor in the men’s bathroom of the office and small drops of blood,” Largo police said in a statement. “A subsequent forensics investigation revealed a significant amount of blood in the same bathroom.”

 

Their investigation led police to obtain a search warrant for Kosowski’s Tarpon Springs home, which he bought in 2018 for $1 million, according to public records.

 

Evidence obtained from the search warrant — the nature of which has not yet been publicly revealed — led to the vehicle stop of Kosowski on Saturday, police said.

 

The body of Cozzi, 41, has not been located at this time. The investigation is still active and ongoing.

 

Kosowski filed a civil lawsuit against people associated with the Laufer Institute of Plastic Surgery for negligence, breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation, seeking damages in excess of $15,000.

 

The case stems from a medical billing dispute. Kosowski’s assigned insurance biller failed to provide the required monthly billing statements and “intentionally and continually misrepresented” to Kosowski that the claims had been filed properly, according to the May 2019 complaint.

 

“It is important to really understand how negative reviews, and negative allegations can have a huge impact on a career,” reads the complaint. “... In this day and age, a positive online reputation is key in securing medical services as everybody first Googles practitioners from which they will be getting services from.”

 

Many of the defendants in this case are being represented by attorney Jake C. Blanchard. It is the same firm, Blanchard Law, where Cozzi was last seen on Tuesday.

 

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Feds: South Florida child sex abuse attorney caught with 2,000+ child sex abuse images, videos

 

Federal prosecutors accused a 53-year-old South Florida attorney who represents victims of child sexual abuse of possessing child sexual abuse material himself.

 

According to prosecutors, who announced the arrest Wednesday, Michael T. Dolce is expected to appear in a West Palm Beach federal court Thursday where he is facing multiple child pornography charges.

 

According to his arrest affidavit, on March 15, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Dolce’s West Palm Beach apartment.

 

Detectives said they discovered Dolce actively downloading child sexual abuse material using peer-to-peer software.

 

Investigators said nearly 2,000 images and videos of child pornography were recovered from his devices.

 

According to a federal criminal complaint, the images and videos depicted girls as young as 5 years old.

 

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