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Florida man stripped naked beaten and robbed at gunpoint during first date

A man in Florida has reported to the police that he was beaten, robbed, stripped naked and abandoned on the side of a road during a first date in Bunnell. Shaun Williams was spotted by the police on a state road in Bunnell, covered in blood, and was taken to a local hospital, the New York Daily News reported. According to FlaglerLive, Williams met a woman in a Daytona Beach convenience store ...
Florida teen becomes internet sensation by hitching ride on 30ft shark

A teenager from Florida has become the hot topic on the internet after he hitched a ride on the back of a 30ft shark. Chris Kreis, aged 19, grabbed the fin of a whale shark and was pulled through the water for 20 seconds before he let it go, The Mirror reported. Kreis was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico when the whale shark swam up alongside his boat. He then dived in and held on to the beast as ...
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Miami -- Florida voters give Sen. Marco Rubio negative marks for his handling of immigration and gun issues in Washington but still hold favorable views of the rising Republican star, a statewide poll released Wednesday shows.The Quinnipiac University poll finds 41 percent disapprove of Rubio's handling of an immigration overhaul in the Senate that would give an estimated 11 million ...
Mans body found in burned SW Fla. house

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Authorities investigating a house fire in Port Charlotte found a body in the garage.Charlotte County Sheriff's officials say they received a call from the woman who lives at the home early Tuesday. She told them a man she knows had broken into her home and threatened her, but she managed to get away. She called 911 from a neighbor's house.Arriving deputies ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- One ticket matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game to collect a $1.3 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday.The winning ticket was purchased in Miami, lottery officials said.Six tickets won $1,106.50 for picking 4-of-4; 32 tickets won $454.50 each for picking 3-of-4 plus the Mega Ball number; 777 tickets won $55.50 each for picking ...

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CAP CORAL, Fla. -- State officials are investigating the death of a southwest Florida toddler whose mother says she found him unresponsive in his crib.The child died on June 3 in his Cape Coral home. But the Department of Children and Families says the 1-year-old boy suffered a "significant head injury" on May 17 while in the care of his mother's boyfriend.The Fort Myers ...
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Florida man stripped naked, beaten and robbed at gunpoint during first date

A man in Florida has reported to the police that he was beaten, robbed, stripped naked and abandoned on the side of a road during a first date in Bunnell.

Shaun Williams was spotted by the police on a state road in Bunnell, covered in blood, and was taken to a local hospital, the New York Daily News reported.

According to FlaglerLive, Williams met a woman in a Daytona Beach convenience store about two weeks ago.

After some conversation, they exchanged phone numbers and decided to meet for their first date on Friday.

The woman agreed to pick Williams up from the convenience store where they first met, the report said.

The woman, whose real name has not been released, showed up in a dark blue sedan along with two other men, one she called her brother, and the other her brother's friend.

She told him that she needed to drop them before going on their date.

The girl drove for several minutes before the brother told her to turn into a side street, as he wanted to meet someone.

When Williams came out to take a bathroom break, a hard metal object hit him and he fell on the ground.

The attackers then allegedly pointed a gun and demanded for money and clothes.

The men forced him to hand over his prepaid cell phone, his Florida driver's license, 200 dollars in cash and all of the clothes he picked out for his first date, FlaglerLive stated. ...