According to officials with the Palm Bay Police Department, a 14 year-old boy admitted to setting five small brush fires around the city last week. Police say they do not believe the boy is connected to over sixty other brush fires that have occurred in the city since November.

Police say the teenager admitted to setting the brush fires because he was angry with residents who lived in the area. No damage resulted from the fires.

The boy admitted to setting fires on Alminar Avenue, Southeast Wade Street, Southeast Gulfport Road, Southeast Salina Street, and Sourhteast Merrimac Street.

The boy will likely be charged with misdemeanor reckless and unlawful burning of land.

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21 year-old Charleston resident, Herbert Butler, pleaded guilty to selling marijuana to an undercover police officer. According to police, the incident occurred during a music festival in November. Investigators say Butler had to be subdued with a tazer gun.

Butler made headlines last month after he reported being tied up and robbed at gunpoint by Citadel cadets.

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Authorities began investigating the transportation of large amounts of marijuana on Interstate 10 on Tuesday. One of the first vehicles stopped by police, a Ford pickup truck that was driving erratically on the highway, was found to be transporting drugs. Police canines alerted officers to the presence of marijuana in a toolbox in the bed of the pickup truck. A search of the vehicle uncovered nine packages of marijuana weighing a total of 58.75 pounds.

The driver of the pickup, 29 year-old Luis Ignacio Lopez Jr., and his two passengers, 25 year-old Javier Ortiz and 31 year-old Marc Salinas, were arrested and charged with trafficking.

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According to a police report from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, narcotics detectives attained a search warrant for the residence of 29 year-old Arion Oz Kedan after receiving a tip that he might be growing marijuana in his home. During the search, detectives say they discovered an elaborate marijuana growing and harvesting system in one of Kedan’s bedrooms.

Kedan was arrested and charged with manufacture of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver.

Police seized 279 grams of marijuana, 62 un-harvested marijuana plants, and $3,263 in cash.

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Police have charged 26-year-old Lamar Coaston with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to police, Coaston entered his rental home shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and found someone inside. Melbourne Police Department Cmdr. Ron Bell said a struggle ensued and the suspected intruder was shot in the neck.

Police later identified the injured man as 23-year-old Cesar Rivera of West Melbourne. Rivera was transported to Holmes Regional Medical Center and was in stable condition Wednesday.

A recording released by Melbourne police confirms that Coaston called 9-1-1 after the incident.

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According to police reports, the 65-year-old African American woman was fishing with friends at a local park, when she decided to go use the restroom. On her way there, two men jumped out from behind her and began beating her, slinging racial epithets at her before leaving her for dead.

The woman says that one of her assailants was Caucasian with curly blond hair, while the other was Hispanic and had dark hair. Both are about 20 years of age. Police encourage anyone with any knowledge of the suspects to come forward.

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The man left with an undisclosed amount of cash and Boca Raton police are still trying to identify the suspect.

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Officials say that the man sold powder cocaine to someone at his home on May 13. The police then got a warrant to search his house. He then told the police that he had powder cocaine, crack cocaine, and a handgun in his bedroom.

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The man is currently facing charges of robbery with a firearm, two counts of battery, and four kidnapping counts. The woman has been charged with robbery and driving with a suspended license.

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