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Belle Glade drive-by shooters face Multiple Charges
2Jun By Muck City NewsNo Comments
Crime, News

Belle Glade drive-by shooters face Multiple Charges

Homicide detectives Matthew Ott and Joseph Piatchek, together with deputy Kelly Morell and one unnamed man, were unharmed during the drive-by shooting last Friday executed by Keren Briscoe, 21, and Jatavious Odoms, 23. Both men were charged with three attempted first-degree murder on law enforcers and one attempted first-degree murder according to PBSO. Briscoe is also charged with unlawful discharge of firearm. On Saturday morning, both men were detained without bonds as ordered by a judge. According to the agency’s report, May 29, 2020, Friday, at about 1:30 p.m., the three deputies were outside an apartment complex on 400 Drive M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard, talking to a man whose car they were confiscating because it was linked to the arrest of Robert Jakeel Davis, the culprit for the May 7 sh...
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Head-on: Belle Glade City’s Commissioner election
30May By Muck City NewsNo Comments
News, Politics

Head-on: Belle Glade City’s Commissioner election

12-year incumbent Michael Martin goes head-to-head with second-time candidate Robert Mitchell for Seat A on the Belle Glade City Commission in the municipal election on June 2, 2020. Unlike the other 20 Palm Beach County municipalities that had their elections last March 17, Belle Glade will hold their elections this June. This change, according to Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sortory Link, is because of the concerns raised by city officials last year that doing the elections on March, “with all of the media and focus on the presidential election, that the messages for their individual races could be lost." Voting will take place even with the coronavirus pandemic for the more than 7,600 Belle Glade eligible voters and 1,051 residents who have requested vote-by-mail ballots. This forces...
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23May By Muck City NewsNo Comments
Coronavirus, News

Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Belle Glade and Lake Worth

Two weeks after the reopening of some of the malls, restaurants and barbershops, 598 people tested positive for coronavirus in Belle Glade and Lake Worth areas according to the Department of Health. This number represents the 12.3 percent of Palm Beach County’s total caseload, jeopardizing the county’s collective progress against the virus. Other factors, such as language barrier, poverty and trust issues with the government, worsen the situation as mentioned by commissioners and other public officials, leading to the hotspots in Belle Glade and Lake Worth. Although the county provided additional resources to the fight against the virus in those areas, like extra mobile testing and masks distribution, the officials admit that there is more that needs to be done: in-depth information about ...
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19May By Muck City NewsNo Comments
News, Weather

Arthur now Post-Tropical

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Arthur is now a post-tropical cyclone and the National Hurricane Center will no longer be issuing advisories on ...
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