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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– A push to close dangerous businesses in Jacksonville could be delayed because of a new lawsuit. The attorney who filed the lawsuit is representing three internet cafes in Jacksonville. Kelly Mathis says the city ordinance that intends to shut internet cafes down is unconstitutional and will leave thousands of people out of […]
Continue Reading →At least six internet cafes are operating in St. Augustine, Florida. They’re legal in the city but not in St. Johns County where St. Augustine is located. St. Augustine Police Department Assistant Chief Anthony Cuthbert said, “We’re just monitoring the legal landscape to see if anything comes out of that. For now, from what we […]
Continue Reading →An Ocala internet café was burglarized and an undetermined amount of cash was reported stolen from the business.
Continue Reading →JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– Fish Games and Arcade Spot on Roosevelt Boulevard is the center of a robbery investigation.
Continue Reading →NASSAU COUNTY, Fla.– Deputies are searching for three men accused of holding up an internet cafe in the Callahan area early Thursday. Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said that the three men were inside the Cyber Center on U.S. 1, just north of Callahan and south of Hilliard, about 2:45 a.m. Thursday. Leeper said that when […]
Continue Reading →JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– The deadline for 15 Jacksonville internet cafes to shut down ed at 5 p.m. on Monday. If the businesses did not comply, owners and operators were told they would face fines and possible arrests — and that their businesses may be condemned.
Continue Reading →JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– The deadline for 15 Jacksonville internet cafes to shut down ed at 5 p.m. on Monday. If the businesses did not comply, owners and operators were told they would face fines and possible arrests — and that their businesses may be condemned.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The businesses under investigation in a Florida gambling probe started popping up in strip malls about six years ago and rapidly spread.
Continue Reading → JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– City leaders are considering a new tactic in efforts to shut down more than 100 internet cafes operating in Jacksonville. An attempt by the Florida Legislature in 2013 to ban internet cafes remains tied up in the courts. The games are now referred to as “sweepstakes” and operators have been successful in keeping them open.
Continue Reading →OCALA – A Gainesville man who itted to breaking into an internet café to get cash, was arrested Wednesday by a sheriff’s detective. Najuan Shaquile Burse-Williams told Detective Pam Thomas he fired shots at the front door, which broke the glass. He said he entered the building looking for money and got some from the […]
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