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Katie Bente

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Katie Bente

    Beyond the dashcam: FHP begins equipping troopers with body cameras (opens the original)

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    PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers are getting body cameras that can capture what their cruisers’ cameras cannot: encounters that move away from the vehicle. “You could hear what was going on. You just couldn't see what was going on,” said William Smith, president of the FHP chapter of the Florida Police Benevolent Association. Motorcycle troopers, including Smith, already use body cameras. The broader rollout will equip troopers working in patrol cars, which

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Katie Bente

    New Florida animal cruelty law takes effect Oct. 1. Here’s what changes for the abuse data (opens the original)

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    MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Florida mail carrier pleaded no contest after authorities found more than 100 animals at her Martin County home. Just weeks earlier, another Martin County woman was charged after 36 Border Collies were rescued from a Palm City home. Would either woman show up in Florida’s animal abuse database? The answer depends on what happens in court — and a new law taking effect Oct. 1 is meant to make the database more useful when someone does appear. The state launched the

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Katie Bente

    Palm Beach County pauses large data centers; smaller Project Tango plan remains approved (opens the original)

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    PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Palm Beach County commissioners voted 6-0 Thursday to pause new applications for large data centers for up to a year. The vote followed months of opposition to a proposed expansion of Project Tango near homes and an elementary school. The moratorium applies to proposed data centers in unincorporated Palm Beach County with an anticipated peak electrical load of 50 megawatts or more. During the pause, the county cannot accept, process or approve new zoning request

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Katie Bente

    Predator catching for an audience: Livestreamed Delray Beach stings end in arrests (opens the original)

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    RIGHT: Che’viyante Marquise Hill. (WPEC) DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Two men are facing felony charges after separate livestreamed child-predator “sting” operations in Delray Beach, putting a spotlight on a growing form of online content that can provide information to police — but can also carry consequences when accusations are made before an investigation is complete. YouTuber and Kick streamer Vitaly Zdorovetskiy and his crew use decoys who pose as minors online, then confront men who arriv

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Katie Bente

    'You're embarrassing that uniform': Arrest, uproar over Palm Beach Co.'s $1B Israel Bonds (opens the original)

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    PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Palm Beach County commissioner told a veteran he was “embarrassing” his uniform, deputies removed residents from the chambers and a human rights attorney was arrested as a budget hearing erupted over the county’s $1 billion investment in Israel Bonds. The arrest report says a deputy had to “forcefully move” attorney Noura Erakat from the Governmental Center and accused her of trying to “incite the riot” by yelling toward the crowd. Erakat was charged only with

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