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Author: Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press

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Operation Thou Shalt Not Steal: Theft ring stole more than $760K in church donations, authorities say

May 26, 2021Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on Operation Thou Shalt Not Steal: Theft ring stole more than $760K in church donations, authorities say

Authorities say a theft ring operated by Florida-based Romanian nationals stole over $760K from churches in Florida and across the United States.

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Florida man once bitten by alligator is chomped by 8-foot shark while on vacation

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on Florida man once bitten by alligator is chomped by 8-foot shark while on vacation

Justin Stuller is now sporting two dozen stitches and a small limp after tangling with an eight-foot lemon shark in the Florida Keys.

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Florida daycare teacher fired after child comes home with ‘I’m out of diapers’ written on torso

January 28, 2020Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on Florida daycare teacher fired after child comes home with ‘I’m out of diapers’ written on torso

A Florida mother has pulled both of her children from the daycare center after the incident.

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Man accused of taking car with a mother and child inside, stealing Florida airport employee’s wallet

January 22, 2020Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on Man accused of taking car with a mother and child inside, stealing Florida airport employee’s wallet

A Texas man is facing seven charges including assault and kidnapping after carjacking a family’s vehicle at Southwest Florida International Airport.

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‘You are stronger than you realize’: Widow finds letters from husband written in case of his death

January 18, 2020Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on ‘You are stronger than you realize’: Widow finds letters from husband written in case of his death

Oak Gregg-Donaldson wrote the letters before a surgery in 2018 and stored them with the title to his motorcycle. His widow found them after his death.

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Florida woman’s right hand severed by private plane’s propeller in Key West accident

October 14, 2019Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on Florida woman’s right hand severed by private plane’s propeller in Key West accident

The Florida Highway Patrol says Rebecca Lynn Gray, 45, was struck by a propeller blade as she helped prepare a rented Cessna for takeoff Saturday.

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Convicted killer Samuel Little, who claims 93 murders, is ‘most prolific serial killer’ in US history, FBI says

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on Convicted killer Samuel Little, who claims 93 murders, is ‘most prolific serial killer’ in US history, FBI says

Samuel Little has confessed to 93 murders, with authorities matching him to 50 cases. Forty-three confessions are pending confirmation.

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Dad drowns after saving daughter from riptide in Florida

July 10, 2019Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on Dad drowns after saving daughter from riptide in Florida

Thomas Zakrewski helped rescuehis 8-year-old daughter but then was swept away in the outgoing riptide, authorities in Florida say.

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She was dead for 18 minutes after drowning in a rip current. Then she started breathing

July 8, 2019Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on She was dead for 18 minutes after drowning in a rip current. Then she started breathing

Tia Gambrel-Irizarry, a trained diver and former lifeguard, drowned in a powerful rip current off Turner Beach on the edge of Captiva. She survived.

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My dad died too soon, but a 1940 article gave me a glimpse of a man who stood up to Nazis

June 15, 2019Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-PressComments Off on My dad died too soon, but a 1940 article gave me a glimpse of a man who stood up to Nazis

A story in a World War II-era newspaper gave me insight into how an Austria couple — my parents — escaped Nazis and built a home in England, America.

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