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Jim RosicaJune 22, 2018

Cocoa Mayor and House District 51 candidate Henry Parrish has posted a video on Facebook showing a supporter of his opponent pulling up and flinging a Parrish campaign sign. What’s raising eyebrows is who did the tossing: Veteran lobbyist Guy Spearman, whose Spearman Management office is right next door. He supports Republican rival Tyler Sirois, executive director of […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 14, 2016

A disagreement over a yard sign turned into a physical altercation between Rep. Keith Perry and a Gainesville resident over the weekend, according to records released by Gainesville police Wednesday. The Gainesville Police Department released the incident report, surveillance video and a sworn complaint affidavit related to a Saturday incident involving Perry. In an email […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 12, 2016

A Gainesville state lawmaker was involved in an alleged battery over the weekend. Rep. Keith Perry was involved in an incident Saturday that included battery and trespassing. According to a one-page Gainesville Police report, the weapons used in the incident were “hands, feet, fists, spitting.” The incident occurred in the 2200 block of West University […]

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