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Tom Elia

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Breaking News Editor at Palm Beach Post

I lead The Palm Beach Post team that reports on public safety, the courts and Palm Beach County's north and west regions. I work with great people.

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  • Teen dies after being caught in FL rip current. Danger claims dozens of lives annually.

    1 week ago | usatoday.com | Jeanine Santucci |Tom Elia

    A teenager swimming at a beach in Palm Beach County on April 12 died after being caught in a rip current. Rip currents claim dozens of lives annually in the United States.

  • PBSO names 17-year-old who died in rip current near Lake Worth pier

    1 week ago | palmbeachpost.com | Tom Elia

    Two other juveniles received care at St. Mary's Medical Center following the April 12 incident near the Lake Worth pier. LAKE WORTH BEACH — The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has identified the 17-year-old male who died April 12 in a rip current near the Lake Worth Beach pier.

  • West Palm Beach police officer persuades person blocking I-95 on-ramp traffic to seek care

    1 week ago | palmbeachpost.com | Tom Elia

    The person was walking in and out of traffic on the southbound on-ramp from Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach. A West Palm Beach police officer on April 9 persuaded a person whose behavior had shut down an Interstate 95 on-ramp to surrender and receive medical attention, the department said. Officer John Bangs arrived at the scene, the southbound ramp from Okeechobee Boulevard, ahead of other officers and built rapport with the person, who police did not identify, the department said.

  • Publix supermarket in Boca Raton sells winning Fantasy 5 ticket

    2 weeks ago | palmbeachpost.com | Tom Elia

    The store at the Mercado Real shopping center at Federal Highway and East Camino Real sold the ticket, the lottery said. BOCA RATON — A Publix supermarket in downtown Boca Raton sold the lone winning ticket in Wednesday night's Fantasy 5 drawing, the Florida Lottery said. The Publix at the Mercado Real shopping plaza at Federal Highway and East Camino Real sold the ticket, which bore the number combination of 4-8-14-21-22. It paid $119,117.81, the lottery said.

  • Another no-swim advisory issued for Dubois Park in Jupiter after bacteria found in water

    2 weeks ago | palmbeachpost.com | Tom Elia

    The advisory is the second since late March for Dubois Park, a popular waterfront area along the Loxahatchee River just west of the Jupiter Inlet. JUPITER — Health officials have issued another no-swim advisory for Dubois Park in Jupiter, just days after they lifted a previous one. Tests on Monday, April 7, found high levels of enterococcus bacteria in the waters off its beach, which sits along the Loxahatchee River just west of the Jupiter Inlet.

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