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Petition or pay: that’s the question
Boca Raton News - FL, USA
“People every where responded to Jeff's hands-on style, his fight to reform property insurance and his tough stand on criminal gangs. ...

Event focuses on black-on-black crime
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
There are gangs, bad attitudes and maybe "being lucky enough to end up with teachers willing to help you," said Gabriel, 15. Since joining the Community ...

Tallahassee to host statewide neighborhood conference
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA
And they’ll hear about the importance of personal responsibility and civic engagement from a reformed gang member and former Sen. Bob Graham. ...

Lakeland Police Dub Mall Shooting A Crips, Bloods Battle
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
A member of the Crips gang, Ariel A. Scott, was walking with another man and two women who have yet to be identified, according to an affidavit that ...

Police say mall shooting was gang related
MyFox Tampa Bay - Tampa,FL,USA
LAKELAND - Officers have made an arrest in connection with a shooting at the Lakeland Square Mall, and they say the shooting was gang-related. ...

FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS FLORIDA MAN ON DRUG AND FIREARMS CHARGES
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON th Michael A. Garcia, 38, a former leader of the Latin Kings gang in Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of drug trafficking ...

Mourner charged with shooting man
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
He fired two shots, investigators believe. They think he may have been upset that an enemy in the SUV had shown up at the funeral. Miami-Dade Gang Unit Sgt. ...

Crime down in Manatee and US
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
In Manatee, crime dropped from 2006 to 2007 by 4.6 percent, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. From 2005 to 2006, violent crime numbers

Camp steering teens to better lives
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Until he was accepted into CI, Castro's only adventures were finding circuitous routes to walk to school to avoid neighborhood drug dealers and gang members

Patrols follow gang shooting in Palmetto
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
The charges stem from a crash at the intersection of State Road 70 and US 41, according to a Florida Highway Patrol DUI probable cause affidavit. ...