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03/07/2025

🚨 BREAKING: Well-known Rockledge couple, D**gdong Ye and Mei D**g, owners of Da Sushi, charged in multi-state scam targeting elderly victims.

Authorities say they used gift cards from a 76-year-old man to buy a golf cart—then opened a new restaurant in Merritt Island.

Victims across Florida, Ohio, and Michigan were allegedly scammed out of tens of thousands. Could more victims be out there?

Read the full story and see the evidence investigators used to connect the dots.

D**gdong Ye and Mei Mei D**g, owners of Da Sushi in Rockledge and the new Da Sushi Island in Merritt Island, have been charged in a multi-state scam targeting elderly victims using gift cards and wire fraud schemes.

03/07/2025

Family’s now offering $750 reward.

🚨 MISSING CHILD – PLEASE SHARE 🚨
Location: Brevard County, FL (Melbourne area)

Family’s now offering $750 reward.

14-year-old Savana Nowlan has been reported missing. She was last seen near the Subway at Eau Gallie Blvd. and US-1 in Melbourne, possibly in the company of another female.

Description:
• Age: 14
• Height: 5’6”
• Weight: 105 lbs
• Last seen: Wearing unknown clothing
• Phone and location tracking have been turned off
• Police have officially listed her as a runaway

Savana’s mother, Kim Koehn, is pleading for help in locating her daughter and bringing her home safely.

If you have any information, please contact the Melbourne Police Department immediately or reach out directly to her mother, Kim Koehn.

02/07/2025

(Article updated to include John Bertrand)
🚨 BREAKING: Five Brevard County Men Arrested in Connection to Bike Week Shooting 🚨

On July 2, 2025, six Brevard County residents were arrested in raids targeting the Mongols biker gang, linked to a violent shooting during New Smyrna Beach Bike Week on March 8, 2025. The arrests are part of a larger operation by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and FBI, which resulted in 28 total arrests for aggravated rioting, a felony carrying up to 15 years in prison.

The Brevard County men arrested are:

Chadwick Price, 38, Titusville

Douglas White, 29, Titusville

Gaige Wilson, 31, Cocoa

Matthew Limperatos, 32, Merritt Island

Joseph Summerhill, 36, Rockledge

John Bertrand, 55, Cape Canaveral

Notably, Wilson, Summerhill, and Limperatos were also charged with aggravated rioting last year after a July 2024 clash between the Mongols and Warlocks in Titusville. The Bike Week incident involved a brawl between the rival gangs at a RaceTrac parking lot, leaving two Warlocks with minor gunshot wounds.

Law enforcement confiscated multiple fi****ms during the raids, and additional charges may be pending. Stay tuned for updates as this story develops.

02/07/2025

This Wednesday, an area of low pressure could develop near the southeast U.S. Atlantic or Gulf coasts by this weekend along a weakening frontal boundary. Environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive for some slow development, but a tropical or subtropical depression could form in this region over the weekend or early next week while the system drifts northward or northeastward. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is possible across portions of the southeast U.S., particularly across the west-central Florida coast. It has a medium chance (40 percent) chance of formation in the next 7 days.

02/07/2025

https://thespacecoastrocket.com/brevard-teacher-reprimanded-for-urging-student-to-remove-top-and-act-seductive/

Brevard County teacher Gregory Okretich reprimanded for inappropriate comments, including urging students to "remove top" and "act seductive." Facing probation and fines, he settles with the Florida Education Practices Commission.

02/07/2025

BREAKING: Fireworks warehouse explodes in Yolo County, California, destroying 2 homes

02/07/2025

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02/07/2025

Some Do's and Don'ts of as we enter into the height of the Hurricane Season! Written by one of our generous Pet Photo Contest sponsors Hey Jude Roofing!

By Jude Hilles, Owner of Hey Jude Roofing—Your Roof’s Favorite Beatles Fan! When it comes to roofing in Florida, the stakes are sky-high—literally. With unpredictable weather, high humidity, and hurricane […]

02/07/2025

Major accident 95 south just south of Viera exit.

02/07/2025

🚨 MISSING CHILD – PLEASE SHARE 🚨
Location: Brevard County, FL (Melbourne area)

Family’s now offering $750 reward.

14-year-old Savana Nowlan has been reported missing. She was last seen near the Subway at Eau Gallie Blvd. and US-1 in Melbourne, possibly in the company of another female.

Description:
• Age: 14
• Height: 5’6”
• Weight: 105 lbs
• Last seen: Wearing unknown clothing
• Phone and location tracking have been turned off
• Police have officially listed her as a runaway

Savana’s mother, Kim Koehn, is pleading for help in locating her daughter and bringing her home safely.

If you have any information, please contact the Melbourne Police Department immediately or reach out directly to her mother, Kim Koehn.

01/07/2025

US1 closed both directions just south of Babcock due to crash.

01/07/2025

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