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Case dropped against gun-toting fisherman YouTuber arrested in Brevard County State Attorney filed no information in the case Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, Florida Today Published:  Tags:  BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Known by his tens of thousands of YouTube fans as “SoloYaker” and “The Armed Fisherman,” 41-year-old Michael Taylor was arrested in late March for allegedly illegally recording a phone call with a Brevard Parks and Recreation employee. Last week he was notified that the State Attorney filed no information in the case. “It’s always important to record your public offici...

Taylor's case in Brevard stems from a June 2020 incident when he was served a trespass warning while fishing, and open carrying an AR-15 style pistol and a Glock 23 handgun at Parrish Park by the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville. Titusville Police had responded to citizens concerned at the sight of Taylor with his weapons. After calling an FWC officer to the scene and checking all of Taylor's licenses, police seemingly resorted to issuing the trespass to get him to leave. Taylor complied with the trespass and successfully challenged it and had it removed. It is legal to open carry firearms i...

Letters and feedback: May 2, 2021 Florida Today Charm of Parrish beach could be lost About 30 years ago I fell in love with Titusville. I was coming here every weekend until about seven years ago, when I found myself driving from Orlando five times a week to go to Parrish Park beach. I told my Realtor I want to be as close to Parrish Park as possible. I made the move and I ended up very close. Since non-wildlife related recreational activities are prohibited in Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge waters, that leaves Parish Park beach as the only location for beach catamarans, daysailers, windsurf...

Much of our country’s infrastructure is aged but potentially more troubling – it was built for a different era. Changing weather patterns demand climate-smart solutions if we want any hope of mitigating impacts. Rising seas and increased flooding threaten to swamp our existing infrastructure, private property, and public assets. Due to rising water, there are structural requisites that are urgently needed around the causeways that cross the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). As waters rise and waves crash harder onto shore, areas around the causeways wash out.   The natural inclination may be to...