Lee County police have identified 61-year-old Rolando Rives as the construction worker killed in a job site accident in Fort Myers, FL, last week.
According to investigators, the accident occurred on November 6 at a construction site at 16000 Indy Drive. Lee County police haven’t provided any more details about Rives’ death, but they confirmed that it was “accidental.”
A Miami-Dade track and field coach was arrested last Tuesday for allegedly touching his students in an inappropriate manner.
Carlos Maymi, 32, faces charges of battery and offenses against students by an authority figure. The press did not name an attorney for him.
Jonathan Williams was arrested Monday for allegedly exposing himself to a Boy Scout while sitting in a vehicle, Holly Hills police announced.
Williams, 58, was charged with lewd and lascivious exhibition of a minor and violation of probation. He is being held on $30,000 bond in a Volusia County jail. It is unclear if he has acquired the services of an attorney.
A judge in Mobile, Alabama, questioned local law enforcement’s use of controversial civil asset forfeiture laws to seize four tow trucks from a Mobile-based SOS Towing, but rejected the company’s request to have the trucks returned.
Circuit Court Judge Wesley Pipes denied the towing company’s request for an injunction, saying there are other methods for the company to get the vehicles back.
Authorities in Orlando, FL, have confirmed that a 40-year-old worker suffered serious injuries on Monday after a piece of machinery fell on him.
According to the Orange County Fire Rescue, the incident occurred at approximately 10 a.m. November 4 at a warehouse at the 6400 block of Pinecastle Boulevard, south of Orlando.
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