Florida Deputy Shoots Bridge Jumper In Butt
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Cover that backside, people.
A report from the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Department says one of their deputies ran across a man in distress on a bridge last Tuesday. According to the report, a deputy saw a man standing outside the safety railing at the crest of a causeway bridge and approached him cautiously. As he walked toward the subject, the man threatened to jump and said he was going to do so because of “things that he did”.
As the conversation continued, the man became irate and aggressive. At one point, he pulled a knife from his waistband and began to run from the officer. That’s when the officer fired his weapon in an attempt to stop the man. The suspect eventually succeeded in jumping from the bridge, but the fall was only about 6 feet, since the deputy had coaxed him toward a part of the structure that was much closer to the ground. That’s when the verbal confrontation became physical. During the struggle, the deputy fired a shot from his service weapon, hitting the man in the buttocks. Another deputy responded and arrived just as the struggle broke out. That officer deployed a taser twice with no affect to the suspect. Officers on the scene say the man appeared to have been on some sort of drugs at the time of the incident. After the shooting, the man was taken to the hospital and treated for non life-threatening injuries. Once the man was released by hospital representatives, he was arrested and faces multiple charges. Source: WFLX.com
Howard Frankland Bridge Will Be Done Soon!
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What a Completed Howard Frankland Bridge Will Look Like
As you drive over the Howard Frankland Bridge, you see progress, but it’s still pretty tough to imagine what all of this work is going to look like upon completion. Work won’t finish until late 2025 according to the Florida Department of Transportation. The cost is expected to be about $865 million.
A new southbound/westbound (from Tampa to St. Pete) bridge is what you see currently being built north of the current southbound/westbound bridge. It’ll have 8 lanes – 4 for general use and 4 express lanes. There’s a bike and pedestrian path in the plan. The bridge we use now to go from Tampa to St. Pete will become the new northbound/eastbound part of 275 once the new bridge is ready. The bridge we use to go from St. Pete to Tampa will be taken down.
As of August 2023, 163 of the 226 bridge caps have been completed. 605 of the bridge superstructure beams have been place. 39 of the 133 bridge decks placed. You also may have noticed a new traffic flow on the south side (St. Pete side) of the bridge.
Not patient enough to wait until 2025 to see what this is all going to look like? Nor am I. Here’s a sneak preview from artist renditions shared by the Florida Department of Transportation.
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After many years and many adventures, Sean wound up on The Shark, where he does shots of tequila while playing the most badass tunes ever created by humankind.
He remains humble, however, never forgetting about the lean years...the street corners and dark alleys where he played songs on his car stereo for food and sex.
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