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Knife-wielding Florida man with last name ‘Cocaine’ arrested after allegedly attacking Subway employees with ‘bad attitudes’

A Florida man with the last name “Cocaine” was arrested for allegedly threatening employees at a Subway restaurant at knifepoint after he was upset by their “bad attitudes,” cops said.
Edward Cocaine, 45, was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly flipped out at a Subway in Brevard County while trying to order food with a pal.
Cocaine sparked an argument with the employees over what he believed was poor customer service, which quickly escalated after he had hurdled over the counter, pushed one of the employees and pulled out a knife, the Brevard County Sheriff said.
The knife-wielding customer was eventually talked down by his friend and they both left the restaurant, according to the sheriff.
No employees were injured, but local authorities were soon notified about the alleged threats. The Subway staffers turned over the security footage, which captured every move Cocaine made in the store, cops said.
Sheriff deputies brought Cocaine and his friend in to be interviewed shortly after. Cocaine was able to confirm that the man in the security footage was him and admitted that he “crossed the line” when he pulled out the knife, according to a post on the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Facebook.
“In New York, you get arrested for defending people on the subway…but in Brevard County you get locked up behind bars for attacking people in a Subway!!” Sheriff Wayne Ivey wrote in the post.
“Clearly this guy, Edward Cocaine, (and yes that’s his real name) doesn’t know that in Brevard County, if you Mess Around you’re gonna Find Out…the hard way!!”
Ivey noted that Cocaine’s memory of the situation “appeared to be a bit off.”

Even so, Cocaine was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, burglary with assault or battery, and battery, which the sheriff noted gets him a one-way ticket to “Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge.”
“He can however get food in our 1-star dining facility that is freshly prepared each day in our kitchen by inmates…sounds just yummy!!” Ivey wrote.
“So what have we learned here folks…first and foremost don’t mess around in Brevard County unless you are ready to spend the night in jail with a few new friends and while eating a less than subpar lunch!!”
In 2014, Cocaine was charged with drug possession and was nearly laughed out of the courtroom after a flabbergasted judge struggled to wrap his head around the unusual last name.
“How many times have the police told you to step out of the car in your life?” the judge asked him during his arraignment.
“Just about every time I get pulled over,” said Cocaine, who at the time was accused of having Xanax, not the illegal white powder.

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The decision comes as a relief to students and educators across Florida, where more than 90 schools offer IB and similar programs to approximately 16,000 students each year.
But at Cypress Creek High School in Orange County, uncertainty remains. Despite the federal funding agreement, the IB program at Cypress Creek may not be offered next school year. The district cites a lack of interest as the reason for phasing out IB and replacing it with the AICE curriculum. However, students say they were left out of the decision-making process and dispute the district’s claims.
“Pre-IB was taken out of our school before IB was taken out, which means that students were not put in classes that are meant to prepare them for the IB program,” said Zoey Salah, a current Cypress Creek student. “This decision was already made before this, before we found out in May and before we could do anything about it.”
Students, staff and alumni, who organized a protest at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, urged district officials to reconsider during a public comment of a Orange County Commision Board Meeting on Tuesday.
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If the IB program is eliminated, the nearest high school offering it is 20 miles away, a distance that could put the program out of reach for many Cypress Creek families.
While both IB and AICE are recognized by colleges nationwide, IB is often seen as offering more opportunities, especially for students aiming to study abroad for higher education.
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As the district weighs its options, Cypress Creek students and supporters say they will continue to fight for a program they believe changes lives.
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The NEXT Weather team tracked a few showers across the area in the early morning hours, and additional rain is on the way, especially for the late morning through early afternoon.
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The combination of rain and clouds should help to keep temperatures in the mid to upper 80s across the area, but “feels like” temperatures will climb to the mid to upper 90s.
The chance of rain trends even higher for Wednesday and Thursday as showers will grow more widespread throughout the afternoon hours on both days. While isolated storms with heavy downpours, lightning and strong wind can’t be ruled out, the overall severe weather threat is low.
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Saharan dust, which hung over South Florida late last week into the weekend, has cleared out, but another round is set to arrive late Thursday into Friday. This next batch of dust is expected to linger throughout the upcoming weekend and will help to reduce the chance of rain to 20% for Sunday – Father’s Day.
Afternoon highs will remain in the upper 80s through the next seven days.
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