Florida man accused of running meth business out of tent arrested

Good evening, Wexler County. I'm Chip Marlowe.

And I'm Deb Sarkissian. This is KRAK 11 News at seven.

Coming up this hour on KRAK 11 — The World Desk, where Arsenal's title swagger meets Coventry on opening night and somebody walked away embarrassed.

Criminal Intent, where thirty-nine pythons tried to cross into Mexico back in March and we are saluting that man properly. Animals, where the sea urchin is still number one for the twenty-seventh straight hour.

And A Quick Look At Sports, where eight people are dead in a plane crash at a remote Alaskan military radar site.

Twenty-seven hours.

I have watched it seven times.

We start with The World Desk in just a moment — Arsenal thought they had this one, and Coventry had other ideas.

Good evening. Welcome back to KRAK 11 News.

The World Desk tonight, and we are starting with football.

English football.

The only kind they play there.

The defending champions came out with what one analyst called swagger, and Coventry had no answer for it.

This is after Coventry beat them earlier in the season.

That was last year, Chip. That was the season Arsenal finished as runners-up. This is the season they won the title.

And now they are defending it.

Successfully, so far.

One student told the BBC she worries about missing the full university experience, but says she has no choice. Rent and food costs in university cities have climbed faster than student loans can cover.

How far is the commute for most of them?

The article does not specify distances, but the United Kingdom is considerably smaller than the United States. A two-hour commute there can cross three counties.

So it is manageable.

It is necessary.

That is stronger than their previous forecast, which we reported an hour ago. They now expect the system to bring drought to some regions and severe flooding to others, with effects lasting into early next year.

This is the Pacific system.

It is, though its effects are global. Australia, Southeast Asia, parts of South America and East Africa are all expected to see significant weather disruptions.

But not the Atlantic.

The Atlantic will feel it. El Niño typically suppresses hurricane activity in the Atlantic and increases rainfall along the southern United States.

So we are in it.

We are in its area of influence, yes.

The twenty-three-year-old is the same passenger who was rescued from the water earlier in the incident. The ferry was evacuated. Police determined the threats were not credible.

He made the threat after they pulled him out?

The timeline has not been disclosed. We know he was in the water, he was rescued, and at some point aboard the CalMac ferry he made bomb threats.

What a way to say thank you.

The charges are pending.

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Still ahead tonight on KRAK 11 News, a case that took an unusual turn when the suspect made a request the court was not expecting. That is coming up next on Criminal Intent.

Stay with us.

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

And I'm Deb Sarkissian. We begin tonight with the KRAK 11 Florida Man Tribute, because the Sunshine State continues to provide.

We have three stories from the archives tonight. All from Florida. All from March.

Two from last year, one from this year.

Inside: thirty-nine live pythons. The driver was attempting to cross into Mexico. With snakes.

Officers say the driver was arrested. They did not say what the driver planned to do with thirty-nine pythons in Mexico.

The tent contained narcotics, paraphernalia, and what investigators described as a fully operational distribution network. The man was charged with multiple felonies.

Prosecutors allege he was living and working from the same tent.

No overhead.

That is one interpretation.

He ran through murky water, hid in mangroves, and ultimately clung to a pylon beneath a bridge, where deputies located him and made the arrest.

Police said he was wearing the boots at the time of his arrest.

He committed to the theft.

That is sixty-six Florida Man Tributes in forty-three weeks.

The state provides, Deb.

Still ahead tonight: the sea urchin video has now held the number one spot on the KRAK 11 animal countdown for twenty-seven consecutive hours.

I have watched it eight times.

Animals, in a few minutes on KRAK 11 News.

Time now for Animals, the Good News Desk.

Three videos tonight, ranked by how many views each one gained in the last two days.

Starting at number three.

You have now watched it eight times.

It is very calming.

All three are on the KRAK 11 News Reel. The link is in the description.

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Coming up in just a few minutes, A Quick Look at Sports. The Brewers are eighteen and counting, and Pete Crow-Armstrong has done something no Cub has ever done four games running.

That is next on KRAK 11 News.

A quick look at sports.

Four scores tonight and every single one of them is a streak or a record.

You love a streak.

Thirty-two years.

You have been watching them for thirty-two years.

Still ahead, the next KRAK 11 News at the top of the hour. We will have more on that plane crash in Alaska and the latest from the Air Force investigation.

That is coming up in just a few minutes. Thank you for watching KRAK 11 News.