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Volume XVIII Number 219xx xxxxxxxxxx x x (954) 532-2000 xxxxxxxxxxxxx x xxx20 May 2012 Child Dies After Drowning Incident: Cops Neighbor called police after a child was found unresponsive near a lake, officials said. Authorities said a child involved in a possible drowning incident in Coconut Creek died early Wednesday morning. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, a neighbor saw a young child unresponsive at the edge of a lake near the 3700 block of Cocoplum Circle, according to Sgt. Brandi DelVecchio of the Coconut Creek Police Department. DelVecchio said police responded to the scene and the child was taken to the hospital by Fire Rescue. The child, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday. The investigation is still ongoing. No further information was released. Romney Endorses Mack For Senate Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has weighed on the Republican campaign to face U.S. Senator Bill Nelson in November. Romney gave his endorsement to Representative Connie Mack, IV Wednesday afternoon. Romney called Mack “a friend, strong conservative and the type of principled leader we need in Washington to restore fiscal responsibility.” Mack’s just about wrapped up the Republican nomination. His only competition of note came from former U.S. Senator George LeMieux. Then-Governor Charlie Crist nominated LeMieux to take over for Mel Martinez in 2009-2010. But, LeMieux’s connection with the more moderate Crist has given ultra conservatives an easy way to paint LeMieux as too moderate for the current climate in Washington. LeMieux bolstered his conservative image some in 2010 when he backed Rick Scott for governor over Crist. Citizens Considering Uncapping Rates For New Customers Citizens Property Insurance is continuing its push to eliminate insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands Floridian families just as the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is set to start. Citizens’ latest plan would involve uncapping rates for new customers, according to the Miami Herald. That means in some places, including South Florida, some homeowners may end up paying twice as much as their neighbors for the same coverage. Citizens has repeatedly made claims that it is one major hurricane away from being insolvent, despite having billions in reserve thanks to several years without a hurricane hitting the Sunshine State. But Citizens has been limited in price increases since the Florida Legislature put into place a 2009 law that caps any rate increases to 10-percent. So, Citizens has been actively trying to find ways around the law. Citizens said uncapping rates would bring in about $100 million in additional revenue each year with an average premium increase of 30.5 percent for new customers. Florida governor Rick Scott has asked Citizens to find ways to make it more self-sufficient and not have Florida taxpayers be the financial backer of the insurance of last resort for most homeowners. Citizens has become the largest insurer in the state as private insurance companies left the state in droves rather than insuring some of the most high-risk property in the state. Scott would prefer if most homeowners went to private insurance companies instead of Citizens. Without significant regulation or cost controls, homeowners are left in the lurch as private insurance companies leave and Citizens continues raising rates for new customers. Ducks bother Oakland Park residents It is a duck dilemma. Residents in an Oakland Park neighborhood are torn over how to deal with an exploding population of Muscovy ducks. “They are going to the bathroom everywhere,” said resident Peter Cramer. “They are multiplying like crazy. It is out of hand,” said resident Larry Schmidt. They said they have tried to get the city to come out and trap and remove the ducks. “Government is passing the buck to everyone,” Cramer said. “Passing the duck.” Oakland Park’s mayor responded, saying, “The city’s hands are tied by the state and federal law. The ducks are protected.” South Florida Wildlife Center Director Sherry Schlueter said it takes in 2,500 injured or abandoned Muscovy ducks a year. “Not feeding them is the best solution to reducing their numbers,” Schlueter said. Experts said population control is key because they reproduce so rapidly. One mother in the neighborhood, for instance, has eight chicks. So, collecting the eggs before they are fertile will help. “People can actually take them and eat them if they wish, or they can put a pinhole in them or they can simply dispose of them,” Schlueter said. John Fretwell says he thinks his neighbors are overreacting. “If you don’t like bears, don’t move to the woods. If you don’t like ducks, don’t live by a lake,” Fretwell said. Crooks take scams to a new level If you have received a text message claiming you have won a $1000 Walmart gift card, it’s not a store promo—it’s part of the latest identity scam. Some of the most active ways ID thieves are trying to scam your identity are coming through as text messages from your phones, iPads or other digital devices. It’s called “smishing,” after the text’s SMS service capabilities and the older “phishing” scams that have been around for years using regular e-mail. The latest one comes into your text service like this: “Dear Walmart shopper, you have just won a $1000 Walmart gift card. Click here to claim your gift”. Cyber-fraud Investigator James Porter of the Secret Service’s Miami Field Office said this attempted ID theft is sweeping the country. Porter said it’s an innocent looking message that could easily be mistaken for a great deal. “I’m sure many people when they’ve receive a text message like this assume they have free money coming their way,” he said. After numerous calls from its customers, Walmart recently posted an extensive warning on its internet site that the gift card text was indeed a scam. The Secret Service warned this kind of high-tech fraud is aimed at getting customers personal ID and banking information. “Once a victim provides that type of information they then become subject to identity theft or possibly having your entire bank account taken from you,” Porter said. The original website the text linked the message to “claim your gift card” has been taken down; investigators expect a new one to pop up any day now. That’s why they warn consumers to not respond to any unsolicited e-mails, text messages or phone calls seeking your confidential information. Customers to pay for JP Morgan Chase’s bad bets JP Morgan Chase bank rocked Wall Street to its core late Thursday and into Friday after the nation’s largest bank announced it had lost $2 billion in trades over the past six weeks and could face an additional $1 billion of losses due to risky bets that blew up. JP Morgan Chase’s losses came from the highly speculative and very risky derivatives market. Those were the same type of investments that caused the financial meltdown in 2008, triggering the Great Recession the world still hasn’t been able to shake. The massive loss provoked discussion in Washington and on Wall Street over whether the very industry that had to be bailed out by taxpayers during the waning months of the Bush administration was back to taking unnecessary risks with the money of the taxpayers. The Securities and Exchange Commission opened up an investigation into the loss immediately. It also sparked more discussion about the Volcker Rule, which prohibits big banks from taking large risks, and brought back the discussion of a need to further regulate Wall Street. JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has led the charge against any regulation of Wall Street, consistently arguing the bankers can regulate themselves. The losses were traced to a trader in London nicknamed the “London Whale.” The Whale managed the bets from the company’s office in London. Former Clinton administration Secretary of Labor Robert Reich said in an op-ed for the Christian Science Monitor, “JP Morgan’s exposure is so large that it can’t dump these bad bets without affecting the market and losing even more money.” In Friday trading, JP Morgan’s stock was hammered, losing nearly 10 percent of its value. Other large banks were similarly shelled as JP Morgan was the supposed leader of the banking industry. The biggest question is what do the bank’s massive losses mean to its customers? Maria Ferreia of Dade Federal Credit Union said banks usually only have one way to make up for their losses. “They will have to make it up,” Ferreia said. “And more than likely, there will be fees and charges passed down to customers. So consumers will feel it in terms of extra charges and costs down the road ultimately.” Dimon, JP’s CEO, was paid $41.99 million last year and has made $140.92 million over the last five years, according to Forbes.com. Police bust suspect in Fort Lauderdale murder Nicole Okrzesik was arrested in connection with the murder of Juliana Mensch, officials said A second suspect in the murder of a New Jersey woman found dead inside a Fort Lauderdale apartment was arrested Thursday, authorities said. Nicole M. Okrzesik, 22, is being charged with one count of first degree murder, according to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. The decomposing body of 19-year-old Juliana Mensch was found on March 31 inside James Ayers’ room at 1102 NW 7th Terrace, authorities said. Ayers was later arrested without incident and charged with one count of first-degree murder, according to a release. Authorities said Mensch died after being brutally strangled and was found with a candle and a fan next to her body to air out the odor of decay. Orkzesik was arrested in Port Saint Lucie and police believe she robbed or tried to rob the victim prior to her murder. When questioned, Okrzesik told police Ayers jumped on top of the victim as she slept, grabbed her by the neck and choked her until she died early on March 24. He then took several hundred dollars Mensch had inside her bra, the affidavit said. Phone records between the pair show how they argued about the dead body left in the room and threatened to call the cops on each other, according to the report. Okzesik remained in jail Friday on no bond. It was not immediately known if she had an attorney. Ayers’ defense attorney Harry Dohn Williams Jr. said his client remained in Broward County Jail but was being evaluated to determine his competency. Williams said Ayers had previously been found incompetent to stand trial in another case regarding a felony charge. He said Ayers had been out on pre-trial release and receiving treatment to restore his competency during the incident. A hearing date for Ayers has not been set. Attorney pleads guilty An attorney formerly with the Florida law firm once run by convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein has become the ninth person to plead guilty in the case. Fifty-year-old Steven Lippman pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of conspiring to violate federal election laws and to commit bank fraud. Lippman faces a maximum five-year prison term when sentenced in September. Prosecutors say Lippman made sizable contributions to John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign and then was illegally reimbursed by Rothstein. Prosecutors say Lippman also used a bank account he controlled to artificially inflate the value of the Rothstein firm’s accounts and fraudulently obtain additional financing. Rothstein is serving a 50-year term for operating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme based on investments in fake legal settlements. His former law firm is now defunct. Man pleads guilty to fatal carjacking A Tampa Bay area man has been convicted for murdering a teen during a carjacking. A Hernando County jury found 21-year-old Steven Wesolek guilty Friday of first-degree murder, attempted murder, carjacking with a firearm and robbery with a deadly weapon. He faces a possible death sentence. Authorities say 18-year-old Enrique Acevedo and then-18-year-old Skyler Collins were driving along a rural highway in June 2010 when they picked up Wesolek - along with his former girlfriend, 16-year-old Sabrina Dicus, and her mother, 40-year-old Sherrie Dicus. Authorities say the three new passengers attacked Acevedo and Collins, fatally wounding Acevedo. Sabrina Dicus was allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges last fall in exchange for testimony against Wesolek and her mother, who still awaits trial. Polo mogul gets 16-year sentence in DUI death A Florida polo mogul has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for a fatal drunken-driving crash. John Goodman faced up to 30 years in prison in the 2010 death of 23-year-old Scott Wilson. He briefly spoke in his own defense Friday, saying he carried the loss of Wilson with him each day. A prosecutor derided him as “a coward.” Police say Goodman ran a stop sign and rammed into Wilson’s car, which rolled into a canal, where the young man died. Authorities say Goodman left the scene and waited nearly an hour to call 911. His blood alcohol level measured more than twice the legal driving limit. The multimillionaire Goodman is founder and owner of the International Polo Club. His attorney has said he plans to appeal the conviction. West begs Obama to release convicted spy Jonathan Pollard - Was it to get campaign cash? 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