Alligator Snatches Family s Pet Dog in Florida
On 5/26/21 at 4:29 AM EDT
A family dog was killed by an alligator on Monday at Naval Station Mayport, a U.S. Navy base in Florida.
Naval officials said the 13-pound pet was attacked at around 6 p.m. when it ran into Lake Wonderwood, close to its owners home on the base in Jacksonville.
Heather Hahn, natural resources manager at Naval Station Mayport, told Florida s News4Jax: The owner s dog got out of the house without them knowing, and she went to try and find the dog, and, unfortunately, it ran down to the water.
Salinas Californian
Half of Stacy Estes’ pay disappears every month before it hits his bank account. Each check is about $500 lighter than it should be, intercepted in the name of child support which he wouldn’t have a problem with, if it were going to his kids.
Instead, only $225 goes to his children. The rest is garnished to repay government debt he began accruing more than two decades ago when he first got behind on child support payments.
The 53-year-old man owes about $47,000 in child support debt, most of which is compounded by years of government-imposed interest, according to financial records reviewed by The Salinas Californian and CalMatters.
California keeps millions in child support while parents drown in debt
Advocates say California places low-income and minority parents in debt by garnishing child support payments and imposing high interest rates when they fall behind.
Credit: Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Stacy Estes in front of his home in Sacramento, Calif on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters Author: Kate Cimini, CALmatters Updated: 9:09 PM PDT May 3, 2021
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Half of Stacy Estes’ pay disappears every month before it hits his bank account. Each check is about $500 lighter than it should be, intercepted in the name of child support which he wouldn’t have a problem with, if it were going to his kids.