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VERO BEACH — A man who secretly buried his mother in their back yard to cover up her death will be serving 20 years in state prison for second-degree murder, court files show.
In mid-2008, Vero Lake Estates resident Kelly Smith, 38, argued with his mother, Lynn Schuler, 59, over his unemployment. (more…)
STUART — A Stuart woman is hoping her 4-year-old dog will make it through the week after it was poisoned by antifreeze.
Betty Skel’s red-and-white Corgi named Bear drank blue antifreeze Wednesday afternoon after someone placed the fluid into the dog’s outside bowl, she said. (more…)
Marlins pitcher Scott Proctor (left), plays with his 3-year-old daughter, Mary Elizabeth, and wife, Carrie. Photo by Sarah Grile
JENSEN BEACH — There’s no disputing Scott Proctor’s passion for baseball. After a tough loss, the new Marlins reliever once burned his glove on the dugout steps at Yankee Stadium — “a sacrifice to the baseball gods,” he explained.
Proctor persuaded his wife to name their first child, 5-year-old Camden, after Baltimore’s baseball yard.
Their youngest, 18-month-old Cooper, got his name from the New York town that’s home to the Hall of Fame.
“It helped me understand what really matters,’’ he said. (more…)
PORT ST. LUCIE — A man reported his Halloween yard decorations stolen from his garage on Sunday.
Shawn M. Ginter told police he left his garage door open while he was gathering up his Christmas decorations that afternoon. At about 5:30 p.m., he heard a car door slam shut.
When he went to check, Ginter realized that four plastic totes containing inflatable Halloween props were missing from his garage in the 500 block of Northwest Avens Street, according to a police report.
The decorations included an inflatable turkey, pumpkin and scarecrow.
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