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PEARISBURG â Brandon Cody Boggs is ready to leave a state mental health facility and return to his family in Giles County, his attorney argued last week. But with recommendations for treatment after his release â but no formal plan for that treatment â Boggs should stay in the stateâs custody awhile longer, a prosecutor replied. Six months after shooting his wife in the back and two months after being found not guilty by reason of insanity, the mental health of a decorated military veteran who kept an arsenal of 51 firearms in his home remains the center of an ongoing case. On Wednesday, Giles Circuit Court Judge Lee Harrell ordered that Boggs, 41, stay in the stateâs care for at least 45 days more, scheduling a June 21 hearing to next review matters. ....
Legislature races to the finish line, with gambling special session next up House GOP comes to Orlando for post-Trump planning Sheriff backs away from anti-riot law Presented by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs Hello and welcome to Monday. Ticking away the moments So here we are yet again 55 days of the annual Florida Legislature session gone and just five days of wall-to-wall action left. Different from the rest It’s been an extremely odd session by all accounts as the Capitol has remain largely closed and a fair amount of deal-making was probably done in nearby restaurants and bars rather than the nearly-silent halls. ....
Homeowners who struggled to get their claims paid after Hurricane Michael slammed the Panhandle told the committee their insurers did not offer enough money to cover the full cost of the damages, with some saying they still are battling with their carriers after more than two years. They criticized multiple provisions in the bill. Insurance lawyer Amy Boggs said the bill “feels very punitive” and will “hurt homeowners.” “We’ve heard that there’s an insurance crisis, that we are having to have this very dramatic legislation because there’s an insurance crisis – the real crisis is the homeowners” struggling to get claims paid, said Boggs, adding: “They don’t want to be in a lawsuit, they don’t want to have a claim, they don’t want to tangle with their insurance companies. They’re the ones who are in crisis. We are asking: Who is going to be the heroes for those folks? … There is nothing in this legislation that helps them.” ....