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Palm Bay News

Local news for Palm Bay, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | Local6

Police: Woman Slashes For Purse

A 48-year-old woman is recovering after police said she was stabbed in the parking lot of a popular restaurant and robbed of her purse.

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

10 hrs ago | Floridatoday.com

Robbery suspects head to court

Police said they were homeless, unemployed and apparently desperate. Now a couple charged with carrying out a brazen, daylight robbery at the Jiffy Food Mart convenience store will go before a judge today for a ...

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

WFTV.com - WRDQ

Woman Stabbed Several Times In Brutal Purse Snatching

A woman walking into a Denny's Restaurant was attacked and stabbed six times by another woman who was trying to take her purse.

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro, Malabar, FL

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Floridatoday.com

Melbourne police charge 2 with murder

Melbourne police arrested two men and charged them with premeditated murder in the death of Quincey Walker, who was shot dead Monday night on University Boulevard near Stone Middle.

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro, Melbourne, FL

Hometown News

Palm Bay boy charged with murder

A 16-year-old boy used a knife to kill a 58-year-old woman in her home and then used about $6 he had stolen from her to buy beer, city police said.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Brevard County, FL, Black Entertainment, O.J. Simpson

Thu Oct 02, 2008

FloridaToday.com

Layoffs, more taxes in Palm Bay

"It's the wrong time to be laying off people," Geier said afterward. "I said at the beginning of this that if any jobs were lost inside this budget, I wasn't going to support the budget." Isnardi said voting to ...

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Related Topix: Brevard County, FL, Melbourne Metro

Floridatoday.com

TV network news puts spotlight on Palm Bay

The city was in the national spotlight Wednesday, as NBC Nightly News used Palm Bay to illustrate the dire financial times some municipalities currently are facing.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

Floridatoday.com

Accused killer may be tried as adult

Alan Michael Tanguay could learn within weeks whether he will be tried as an adult as prosecutors ready grand jury evidence in the slaying of a 58-year-old woman he confessed to killing.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Death Penalty, US Supreme Court, US News

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Floridatoday.com

Palm Bay officer shoots, kills pit bull

A Palm Bay police officer investigating reports of an aggressive dog had to shoot and kill a pit bull this morning after the dog lunged at him, officials said.

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

Floridatoday.com

Palm Bay man arrested after fight on boat in lagoon

A Palm Bay man wanted for allegedly for punching some friends on a boat turned himself in to authorities after they conducted a five-hour search for him on a spoil island Sunday.

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Related Topix: Indian River County, FL, Sebastian, FL

Mon Sep 29, 2008

El Sentinel

Palm Bay police say teen killed woman for beer money

Alan Michael Tanguay faces a first-degree murder charge in the killing of 58-year-old Patricia Kaliszeski.

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

WFTV

Police Say 16-Year-Old Confessed To Murdering Palm Bay Woman

Palm Bay police arrested 16-year-old Michael Panguay at his home on 206 Vinrose Circle, Monday.

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

Floridatoday.com

Palm Bay police save submerged driver

Two Palm Bay police officers are credited with saving the life of a 75-year-old man trapped in a car that was submerged in a mobile home park lake.

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Sat Sep 27, 2008

The Foundation for Economic Education

Police May Stop Responding To Some Crimes

"PALM BAY, FL - A budget crunch in Palm Bay could mean city residents who forget to secure car doors or close garages will get only a case number and nothing in terms of a visit by patrol officers if something ...

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

Florida Today

McCain's fans in Palm Bay give him the nod

As soon as Democrat Barack Obama blamed John McCain and President Bush for the nation's fiscal crisis in his opening remarks, John Thompson raised his arms from the couch -- and groaned.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, Melbourne Metro

El Sentinel

Woman found dead in Palm Bay home

Palm Bay police late Friday were investigating the apparent homicide of a woman in her 50s found dead inside her home in the 200 block of Albright Street, S.E. The woman's former husband discovered the body and ...

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Floridatoday.com

Palm Bay police hold man on sexual battery charges

A 22-year-old Palm Bay man was arrested Thursday on charges of sexual battery and child abuse, Palm Bay police said.

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Tax Foundation

Palm Bay Police Chief Says City Isn't Collecting Enough Taxes to Respond to Crimes

When a public official is faced with a budget cut, he is likely resort to the "Washington Monument Ploy." As my colleague Joe Henchman explained earlier this year: A threatened agency, instead of trying to ...

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

John Dvorak

PSA: Due to budget cuts, the cops will stop responding to crimes if the victim is at fault.

PALM BAY, Fla. - A budget crunch in Palm Bay could mean city residents who forget to secure car doors or close garages will get only a case number and nothing in terms of a visit by patrol officers if something ...

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

Florida Today

Palm Bay council limited on what to cut

During the past few months, Palm Bay's city council has been debating about how to spend $62.8 million in the next fiscal year.

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Related Topix: Melbourne Metro

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