Mark Price

2 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Mark Price

The incident happened Friday, May 30, on Pine Court Drive in the Ocala area, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said. The children were not injured. Street View image from April 2025. © 2025 Google A whimsical session of bubble blowing turned potentially dangerous for two children when an 81-year-old neighbor got annoyed to the point of firing off shots of pepper spray, according to investigators in Florida.

2 days ago | miamiherald.com | Mark Price

A custody exchange involving four children took a dangerous turn when another member of the family unexpectedly showed up and started shooting, according to investigators in Florida. It happened just after 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 1, in the parking lot of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office administration building in Largo, which is listed as a “Safe Zone” for emotionally charged child custody exchanges. “Rogerio Nascimento and his estranged wife arrived ... for a child custody exchange.

2 days ago | sacbee.com | Mark Price

The search for a missing 7-year-old paddleboarder came to a surprising end when state wildlife officers discovered he overcame countless hazards to push 1.5 miles upstream, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. Greyson Hardy’s adventure also left him lost in wilderness that is home to alligators, copperheads and bear. “His first words after being found? ‘Do you have any food?’” FWC Captain Keith Clark said in a news release.

3 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Mark Price

A person was hospitalized after being attacked by an otter (not the one shown) at Wekiva Island in Seminole County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission reports. This is not the same otter involved in the attack. FWC photo by Kyle Moon Alligators and panthers are Florida's apex predators, but it's an otter that put someone in a hospital after an attack in Seminole County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

3 days ago | sacbee.com | Mark Price

An alligator in Florida has become a hot topic on social media after it magically appeared at the bottom of a home’s swimming pool. The debate is over how it got there, given the pool is surrounded by a wooden fence about 6 feet high that’s designed to withstand storms. It happened Saturday, May 31, at a home in Jensen Beach and video shows deputies found the 7-foot gator was making a comically bad attempt to blend into the aqua colored bottom of the pool.