🌱 How a 911 hangup led to a tense Wildwood arrest
Wildwood, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Wildwood! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a 911 hangup led to a tense Wildwood arrest
- Custody exchange at Turnpike plaza ends with Wildwood police felony arrest
Also on today's calendar: Let’s Talk Travel: Wine Down Wednesday at Hotel Eastport and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 96 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, temps: high: 94, low: 73.
- Thursday: Hot; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 97 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Suspect allegedly threatening violence arrested after 911 hangup call (villages-news.com) — Wildwood police recently arrested a 20-year-old local man after a 911 hangup led officers to a Gray Street home, where relatives reported alarming threats and a tense struggle followed. No firearm was found, but the man faces a resisting charge and was released on bond from the Sumter County Detention Center. 
• Father's Day child exchange turns ugly at Okahumpka Service Plaza (villages-news.com) — Wildwood Police arrested an Ocala man after a Father’s Day custody exchange at the Okahumpka Service Plaza escalated into an alleged strangulation. Officers reviewed surveillance video, documented injuries, and booked the man into the Sumter County Detention Center on a felony battery charge.
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Tuesday June 23
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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