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cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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His distraught bride-to-be Patricia Hollingsworth saw him go into the surf for a swim before vanishing, but a search by lifeguards, boats and helicopters never turned up a body and he was presumed drowned.

'His fiancee was running up and down the beach frantically looking for him,' recalled Volusia County Beach Patrol captain Scott Petersohn.
 

joeyd999

Joined Jun 6, 2011
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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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https://www.newsweek.com/people-homeless-housing-trained-how-squatters-1915264

As reports of the squatting crisis worsen across the country, a homeless housing program in Florida had to stop operations when clients refused to leave after "learning how to squat."

"We literally have had a small group, an effective group, training each other, if you will, and coaching each other on how to squat," Scott Billue, the founder of transitional housing program Matthew's Hope
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"Once the prisoners take over the asylum, you're in trouble," Billue said. "Right now, what's happened is that most of our folks are good folks. It takes only a handful of ruin it for everybody and that's what we're seeing
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/...ed-by-space-debris-files-claims-against-nasa/
Family whose roof was damaged by space debris files claims against NASA
Alejandro Otero, owner of the Naples, Florida, home struck by the debris, was not home when part of a battery pack from the International Space Station crashed through his home on March 8. His son Daniel, 19, was home but escaped injury. NASA has confirmed the 1.6-pound object, made of the metal alloy Inconel, was part of a battery pack jettisoned from the space station in 2021.

An attorney for the Otero family, Mica Nguyen Worthy, told Ars that she has asked NASA for "in excess of $80,000" for non-insured property damage loss, business interruption damages, emotional and mental anguish damages, and the costs for assistance from third parties.

"We intentionally kept it very reasonable because we did not want it to appear to NASA that my clients are seeking a windfall," Worthy said.
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Only $80,000?

 

BobTPH

Joined Jun 5, 2013
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I think Floridaman needs to get a pass on this one. He took nothing apparently and the doors were open.
I was a grand juror for 3 months in MA, and naturally, we had cases of burglary and breaking and entering.

Burglary requires an intent to commit a felony. Not apparent here.

Breaking and entering requires taking same action to enter a building that is not open to the public. Thus if a door is wide open and you do not need to open it, no crime. But if it is unlocked, but closed, it is B&E. So here it would hinge (pun intended) on whether the door was wide open or just unlocked.
 
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