{"id":2020500,"date":"2023-09-02T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/looters-pick-the-wrong-disaster-area-to-target-end-up-with-million-dollar-bails-after-florida-sheriffs-office-gets-involved\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T18:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:43:40","slug":"looters-pick-the-wrong-disaster-area-to-target-end-up-with-million-dollar-bails-after-florida-sheriffs-office-gets-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/looters-pick-the-wrong-disaster-area-to-target-end-up-with-million-dollar-bails-after-florida-sheriffs-office-gets-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Looters in Florida face hefty bails after targeting the wrong disaster area."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flooters-pick-the-wrong-disaster-area-to-target-end-up-with-million-dollar-bails-after-florida-sheriffs-office-gets-involved%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Looters Pick the Wrong Disaster \u200bArea to Target, End Up \u200cwith Million-Dollar Bails\u200b After Florida Sheriff&#8217;s Office Gets Involved<\/h2>\n<p>Amid the aftermath of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/apocalyptic-scene-reported-idalia-makes-landfall-category-3-hurricane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Idalia<\/a> in Florida&#8217;s Big Bend region, two individuals found themselves\u200c facing charges of looting a damaged \u2063home.\u200c As concerns grew among residents about potential burglaries in other hurricane-ravaged areas, law enforcement faced \u2063the challenge of \u200bbeing stretched thin in \u2063the remote, wooded\u200d Gulf Coast region.<\/p>\n<p>In Horseshoe Beach, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-were-not-always-best-on-messaging-to-everyone-on-vaccines-for-conservatives-we-contacted-nascar\/\" title=\"Psaki: We\u2019re Not Always Best On Messaging To Everyone On Vaccines, For Conservatives We Contacted NASCAR\">hardest-hit communities<\/a>, some residents called for the establishment\u200c of checkpoints where identification would be required \u200bto enter the town.<\/p>\n<h3>Residents Demand Stronger\u2064 Security Measures<\/h3>\n<p>Kerry Ford,\u2062 a marina \u200cworker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/looters-pick-the-wrong-disaster-area-to-target-end-up-with-million-dollar-bails-after-florida-sheriffs-office-gets-involved\/\" title=\"Looters in Florida face hefty bails after targeting the wrong disaster area.\">commended local law enforcement<\/a> for their \u2063response to the hurricane \u2063but expressed the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-tier-society-austria-imposing-regional-lockdowns-but-only-on-unvaxed\/\" title=\"Two-Tier Society: Austria Imposing Regional Lockdowns, But Only on Unvaxed\">stricter measures<\/a>\u2062 to prevent unauthorized individuals from entering Horseshoe \u2062Beach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They did really good,&#8221; Ford said. &#8220;Now, the \u200conly thing I&#8217;ve seen where they&#8217;ve dropped the ball is\u2064 you can come right into\u2062 Horseshoe without showing \u200byou&#8217;re a resident or anything like that. That&#8217;s a\u2064 problem, especially with no power. You&#8217;ve got \u200cto \u2064have somebody here keeping out everybody other than the residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, \u200cthe\u200b concerns\u200b of the\u200b residents proved valid when a man and a woman from Palmetto, Florida, were arrested for looting a\u2064 waterfront home in Horseshoe Beach. The\u200c arrest came after an officer from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission \u2063heard\u200b suspicious \u200cnoises\u200d outside the property.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The officer discovered the suspects loading \u200ditems into a rented pickup truck. One of them claimed to have permission from the\u2063 homeowner, but the homeowners denied granting any such permission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The suspects\u200d now face charges \u2063of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling during an emergency, grand theft, and trespassing. \u200cEach suspect&#8217;s bail has been set at a staggering $1 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strong Action Against \u200dCriminal Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dixie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office emphasized their commitment \u2063to combating such criminal \u2063activity, stating, \u2064&#8221;We are taking\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-permanently-bans-president-trumps-account\/\" title=\"Twitter permanently bans President Trump\u2019s account\">strong action<\/a> against this criminal activity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To maintain order and security, authorities have implemented\u2062 an 11 p.m. curfew for Horseshoe \u2064Beach.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200d of Saturday, thousands of residents in Florida and Georgia remained without power due to the devastating impact of Hurricane Idalia. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-florida-trip-hurricane-idalia-desantis-3ff2f44e6a314dfaf1e329fa10ac1b5a\">visited Florida<\/a> to assess the damage caused by the hurricane.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Idalia made landfall \u2064near \u2064Keaton Beach with winds of 125 mph (200\u200b kph) and a 6-foot (1.8-meter) storm surge. The\u200b storm then continued its destructive path through rural areas \u200cof Florida and southern\u2062 Georgia before dissipating \u200cover the Carolinas.<\/p>\n<p>This disaster has highlighted the vulnerability of a region that has managed\u2062 to preserve \u200bits natural\u200c beauty amidst the rapid coastal development seen elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Tammy \u200cBryan, a staff member at the First Freewill Baptist Church in Horseshoe Beach, suggested that\u200d anyone caught looting could contribute in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Help load up some trash and take the rest \u2063with you,\u2064 if \u200dthat&#8217;s\u200b the way it has to be,&#8221; Bryan said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to \u200bpublication to ensure that it meets \u200cour editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-hurricane-idalia-looters-arrested-residents-worry-burglaries\/\">Looters Pick the\u200c Wrong Disaster Area to Target, End Up with Million-Dollar Bails After Florida Sheriff&#8217;s Office Gets Involved<\/a> appeared first\u2064 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200d Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hardest-hit areas by Hurricane Idalia, fear that their homes may become targets for burglars due to limited law enforcement presence. Two individuals have already been charged with looting a damaged home, raising concerns among locals about the vulnerability of hurricane-ravaged properties in the remote, wooded region along Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2020501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}