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Chief Evander Collier IV has promoted a new lieutenant, sergeant and detective and has reorganized other department staff to maximize efficiency and continue to deliver high levels of public safety service to the citizens of Cocoa.

The making of "The Godfather" required plenty of negotiations, hard bargains and even casting deals with real-life mobsters, including the leaders of the Bufalino and Colombo crime families.

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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 th...

HAZLETON, Pa. – 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 Commu...

Texas Mom Shooting at Husband Misses, Wounds 8-Year-Old Son Newsweek 12/22/2020 Ewan Palmer © Houston Police Antionette Gina Corder is charged with aggravated assault-family member after allegedly shooting her 8-year-old son in Houston. A mother in Texas has been charged after allegedly shooting her 8-year-old son during an argument with her husband. Antionette Gina Corder, 31, is accused of aggravated assault against a family member following an incident at 6500 Dunlap Str...

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 wit...

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 sever...