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Cocoa homicide victim’s mother says witnesses are too afraid of ‘street justice’ to come forward Mother begs for answers in son’s death Tags: COCOA, Fla. – Another year has gone by since her son’s death and Anita Gibson still doesn’t know who shot him. The Cocoa Police Department said Gibson’s son, 36-year-old Jonte Thomas, was with two friends driving on Fiske Boulevard after a Cocoa High School football championship game on Dec. 9, 2016 when someone in another car shot at them. [TRENDING: Thomas spent months in the hospital before he died on May 1, 2017. Thursday would have been Thomas’ birthday and to mark the occasion, Gibson once again implored members of the community to cooperate with authorities if they know what happened to her son. ....
HAZLETON, Pa. â Hazleton City Council voted down three mayoral vetoes on Tuesday night, leaving in place a 9.7% increase in property tax for 2021. Last week, Mayor Jeff Cusat vetoed the budget because of an issue with police funding. He also vetoed the ordinance setting the property tax at 6.78 mills, up from 6.18. Cusat had sought a bigger increase in his draft budget. Cusat said in his veto statement that cuts in the police budget could threaten eligibility for a federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant that would pay for four more officers.   Council unanimously struck down the budget and millage vetoes. Council President James Perry said the police funding issue could be resolved with financial transfers, not a new budget. The city s goal is to boost the force to 46 officers from 42.  ....
Teen facing manslaughter charge after 2-year-old shot to death at Cocoa home Police say shooting was not intentional Tags: 2-year-old shot to death at Cocoa home, police say COCOA, Fla. – A 16-year-old boy is facing manslaughter with a firearm charge after a 2-year-old was shot to death in Cocoa on Monday, according to the police. [TRENDING: ] The Cocoa Police Department said the teen is being held for a minimum of 21 days while the State Attorney’s Office figures out how to proceed with the prosecution. Police said the investigation showed around 7:30 a.m. Monday the 16-year-old and other teens went to a home on Owosso Street where they often stayed. ....
Florida Teenager Accidentally Shoots 2-Year-Old Boy Dead, Police Say On 12/16/20 at 8:19 AM EST A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of accidentally shooting a 2-year-old boy in Florida. The 16-year-old boy is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm after 2-year-old Brayden Howard was killed at a mobile home in Cocoa on the morning of December 14. According to the Cocoa Police Department, the teenager went to 1671 Owosso Street in the Sunrise Village mobile home community with several friends. The teens had brought at least two firearms to the home, where they stayed often. After interviewing the eyewitnesses, police said the teenager had been sleeping on an air mattress and woke to find the toddler handling a revolver that was lying on the mattress. ....