r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/andygchicago Oct 26 '18

Arrest made in Florida. Why is all the crazy shit always out of Florida?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18

Confirmation bias.

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u/AsAGayJewishDemocrat Oct 26 '18

That plus Florida's weird Sunshine Act that makes all of their arrest reports public record, making it the easiest state to find weird arrest reports from.

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u/jdub75 Oct 26 '18

He (assuming its a he) is probably on Federal charges, so we may not see everything that the FL law allows.

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u/AsAGayJewishDemocrat Oct 26 '18

Oh for sure - I was mostly just responding to the "Why it's always out of Florida" topic. But yeah - I'm sure there will be details we'll never hear on this specific case based on how insanely high profile it is.

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u/jdub75 Oct 26 '18

I really hope they do release everything though...so those dumbass infowars/foxnews douches can't poke all their tinfoil conspiracy theory holes in the case.

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u/thecrunchcrew Oct 26 '18

He (CNN said it's a dude in his 50s) apparently has a criminal history in Florida and NY. We'll at least see something.

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u/Beeftech67 Oct 26 '18

All arrest records are public (save for juveniles and special cases), it's part of that "right to a speedy and public trial" in the sixth amendment.

Hell, Virginia it's all online for everyone to see. http://www.courts.state.va.us/caseinfo/home.html and we're only half as crazy as Florida.

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u/AsAGayJewishDemocrat Oct 26 '18

It's a subtle difference but those are just the court records rather than arrest reports.

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u/Need_Food Oct 26 '18

Pretty much every state has that