Friday, July 29, 2016

"Pokemon Go" robberies reported around Lake Eola and other top stories.

  • "Pokemon Go" robberies reported around Lake Eola

    Orlando police are warning "Pokemon Go" trainers to stay alert while trying "catch 'em all" after two people were robbed or assaulted while playing the game near Lake Eola.The robberies were reported about three hours apart late Friday night and early Saturday morning on opposite sides of the lake in downtown Orlando, according police. Both the victims' cell phones were stolen, and one told police he was punched by three men.No one has been arrested in either incident, and detectives are inves..
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  • Orlando officers detail Pulse shooting

    Orlando officers detail Pulse shooting
    By Gal Tziperman Lotan, Orlando Sentinel (TNS) Posted: Yesterday 10:14 p.m. 0 ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Police Officer Richard Fink could see a man lying on the floor of the Pulse nightclub, reaching out for help. "He told me he could not stand or walk," Fink later wrote in a report. He could see that the man had been shot at least once, in his right leg. "I grabbed both of his wrists, and he grabbed mine. I dragged him outside of the club through the patio, and away from the buil..
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  • Orlando City SC hire Jason Kreis as second head coach in club history

    Orlando City SC hire Jason Kreis as second head coach in club history
    Jason Kreis is back in MLS. Less than a year after parting ways with New York City FC, Kreis was hired as Orlando City SC's second-ever head coach by the club's board of directors, it was announced Tuesday afternoon. “We are very excited that we have got our man. Jason is a progressive thinking and highly ambitious coach, who is very familiar with success in MLS,” Orlando City SC president and founder Phil Rawlins said. “Jason’s playing philosophy is the same attack-minded, possession-oriented s..
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  • Orlando fire chief defends crew's refusal to open station's...

    Orlando fire chief defends crew's refusal to open station's...
    ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orlando fire chief is defending his crew inside Station Five, after an Orlando officer wrote in an incident report that he saw several wounded Pulse victims not being let into the fire station.Chief Roderick Williams said that one of the ironies of having the station so close to Pulse, was the area was considered part of the crime scene. He said that department protocol required the firefighters inside the station to wait for law enforcement to deem the area safe, before ope..
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  • Pokemon Go players robbed in Orlando

    Pokemon Go players robbed in Orlando
    ORLANDO, Fla. - Two Pokemon Go players were robbed in separate incidents over the weekend in Orlando, prompting police to issue warnings about the gaming craze.Phones were stolen in both robberies, which were reported late Friday night and early Saturday morning near Lake Eola Park. The victim in one incident was beaten, Orlando police said."With the increasing popularity of Pokemon Go, as so many people bound across the city in pursuit of virtual creatures, OPD wants to impress on our resident..
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  • Remembering the Orlando 49: Luis Daniel Wilson-León

    Remembering the Orlando 49: Luis Daniel Wilson-León
    Every week between now and the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shootings, Orlando Weekly will profile a person killed on June 12, 2016. This week: Luis Daniel Wilson-León For Luis Daniel Wilson-León, Florida was the first place he could be himself. Growing up in a religious household in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the 37-year-old "endured countless days of bullying while growing up, by cruel people calling him all sorts of horrendous homophobic slurs," says his childhood friend Daniel G..
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  • Feds Continue to Withhold Recordings of 911 Calls From Orlando ...

    Feds Continue to Withhold Recordings of 911 Calls From Orlando ...
     In a new court filing on Monday, the Department of Justice said they will continue to withhold audio recordings of 911 calls made during last month’s deadly terror attack at an Orlando nightclub. The Orlando Sentinel reports the motion filed on Monday by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Flynn is latest development in the ongoing battle between the feds, the City of Orlando and several news agencies that are seeking to obtain records from the shooting.  Flynn argued that the records are under contr..
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  • 'Fun Home' musical comes to Orlando for Pulse benefit - Orlando ...

    'Fun Home' musical comes to Orlando for Pulse benefit - Orlando ...
    'Fun Home' musical comes to Orlando for Pulse benefit - Orlando News Now
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  • Mount USSSA All-American, Orlando bound

    Mount USSSA All-American, Orlando bound
    JAY - Jay freshman Kazdion 'Tarzan' Mount had a nice surprise when he returned from church camp this week. He found out he had been selected as a 14 and Under USSSA All-American and will be playing for the Midwest National team at the All-American games in Orlando, Fla. August 8-13. There were also tryouts in Dallas and El Paso with the Midwest teams coming from north and west Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. "I was really excited," Mount said. "It was awesome that I had made it. I had kind of gi..
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  • Moved by the Pulse shooting, stoner metal icons Sleep come to ...

    Moved by the Pulse shooting, stoner metal icons Sleep come to ...
    It's hard not to admire musicians willing to destroy their own career for the sake of an unblinking commitment to a righteous groove. That's exactly what the band Sleep did in the mid-'90s when they delivered their first major label album in the form of an hourlong stoner metal dirge. Executives from London Records balked, rejecting the album. Shortly thereafter, Sleep disbanded, and Dopesmoker was seemingly doomed to obscurity. Guitarist Matt Pike moved on to form High on Fire, and vocalist-ba..
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