{"id":2020584,"date":"2023-09-02T21:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-people-charged-with-looting-as-residents-worry-about-burglaries-following-hurricane-idalia\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T21:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:09:15","slug":"2-people-charged-with-looting-as-residents-worry-about-burglaries-following-hurricane-idalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-people-charged-with-looting-as-residents-worry-about-burglaries-following-hurricane-idalia\/","title":{"rendered":"2 charged with looting, residents fear burglaries after Hurricane Idalia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2F2-people-charged-with-looting-as-residents-worry-about-burglaries-following-hurricane-idalia%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=2020584&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>HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla.\u2014Two \u2064Charged with\u200d Looting in\u200d Hurricane-Ravaged Area<\/h2>\n<p>Two people were charged with looting a home damaged by\u2063 Hurricane Idalia in Florida&#8217;s Big Bend region, as residents&#8217;\u2064 concerns\u2062 grew that burglars\u200c could be tempted\u200d to hit other hurricane-ravaged homes since \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> is stretched thin\u200b in the remote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-things-that-could-have-drastically-changed-the-outcome-of-the-daunte-wright-shooting\/\" title=\"3 Things That Could Have Drastically Changed The Outcome Of The Daunte Wright Shooting\">wooded area<\/a> along the \u2062Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Some residents of Horseshoe Beach, Florida, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">communities hardest hit<\/a> after Idalia made \u200dlandfall Wednesday \u2064as a\u200d Category 3 hurricane, urged law\u200d enforcement to\u200b set\u2064 up\u2063 checkpoints where people would \u200bhave\u200d to \u200cshow\u2064 identification in order\u200c to get into the town.<\/p>\n<p>Marina worker Kerry Ford had high praise for local law enforcement&#8217;s response to the hurricane \u200cbut wished more would\u2062 be done to keep \u200bout people who don&#8217;t belong in\u200d Horseshoe\u200b Beach.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-remarks-in-florida-after-viewing-hurricane-idalias-damage-5485496\">Biden Remarks in Florida \u2063After Viewing Hurricane Idalia\u2019s Damage<\/a> &#8211; \u200d9\/2\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hurricane-idalia-just-latest-reason-florida-residents-are-pummeled-by-insurance-costs-5485220\">Hurricane Idalia Just Latest Reason Florida Residents Are Pummeled by \u2062Insurance Costs<\/a> &#8211; 9\/2\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The authorities \u201cdid really good,\u201d Ford said. \u201cNow, the only thing\u2064 I\u2019ve seen where they\u2019ve dropped the ball \u200dis you\u2064 can \u2063come right into Horseshoe without showing you\u2019re a resident\u2062 or anything like that. That\u2019s a problem, especially with no power. You\u2019ve got to have\u200b somebody here keeping out everybody other than the residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u200b man and a woman \u200cfrom Palmetto, Florida, almost 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of where Idalia made\u2063 landfall, were arrested Wednesday after an officer from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission heard noises\u2062 coming from\u2064 outside\u200b a\u200d home in \u200bHorseshoe Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The officer found\u200b the man and \u200cwoman loading \u200dup \u2063items from \u2064the waterfront home into a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-people-charged-with-looting-as-residents-worry-about-burglaries-following-hurricane-idalia\/\" title=\"2 charged with looting, residents fear burglaries after Hurricane Idalia.\">rented\u200b pickup truck<\/a>. One\u200c of the \u200dsuspects told\u200b deputies that\u2064 the homeowner had \u2062given\u2063 him permission to \u2062remove items from the house on \u2063stilts. But the homeowners told deputies\u200c when contacted that\u2062 they had done no\u200c such thing,\u2062 according to a statement from\u200c the \u200dDixie County\u200c Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Each suspect was \u2063charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling during an emergency, grand theft, and trespassing, with bails\u200b set\u200d for each at $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u200b are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-permanently-bans-president-trumps-account\/\" title=\"Twitter permanently bans President Trump\u2019s account\">taking strong action<\/a> against\u2064 this criminal activity,\u201d the sheriff&#8217;s office said in\u200c the\u200c statement.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have implemented \u2062an \u200c11\u2062 p.m. \u200bcurfew for Horseshoe Beach.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2062 Saturday, there were more \u200dthan 61,000 Florida residents \u2063and\u2064 8,700 Georgia residents without \u2064power due to Idalia. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden\u200c headed to Florida Saturday\u200d for a\u200c tour of the hurricane-damaged area.<\/p>\n<p>Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning near \u2063Keaton Beach with \u2062winds of 125 \u200dmph (200 kph) \u2062and \u200ba 6-foot (1.8-meter)\u2062 storm surge. \u2063The fast-moving storm then tore through\u200d largely rural \u200dstretches\u200c of inland Florida and southern Georgia before exiting the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the areas hit by Hurricane Idalia, are worried about potential looting as law enforcement is limited in the remote, wooded region. 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