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Nassau County deputies helping residents, exhausted first responders in DeSoto County after Hurricane Ian
Read full article: Nassau County deputies helping residents, exhausted first responders in DeSoto County after Hurricane IanAfter Hurricane Ian, residents in the hardest hit areas in Southwest Florida have a long way ahead of them.
‘They’re making a difference in people’s lives’: Red Cross helping Arcadia residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Ian
Read full article: ‘They’re making a difference in people’s lives’: Red Cross helping Arcadia residents who lost their homes in Hurricane IanAfter Hurricane Ian tore through Southwest Florida, people are still struggling for basic needs like power, water and a place to stay.
Deputies: 'Live' hand grenade discovered during Florida traffic stop
Read full article: Deputies: 'Live' hand grenade discovered during Florida traffic stopfreeimages.com/Elvis Santana(CNN) - Sheriff's deputies in DeSoto County, Florida, say they discovered a cache of weapons during a traffic stop Saturday, including an apparent "live" hand grenade. A narcotics unit was conducting a traffic stop when the weapons were discovered, the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. Driver Donald Reid, Jr. told detectives as far as he knew, the grenade was "live," the post said. The bomb squad from neighboring Sarasota County responded to help remove and destroy the grenade, the sheriff's office said. Reid was charged with multiple counts of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon, according to the post.