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Centuries-old gold treasure recovered by Florida authorities after being stolen
Florida authorities recently announced the recovery of several centuries-old gold coins stolen in 2015.
In a press release published Tuesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) explained that 37 coins were recovered with the help of the FBI. The coins are worth a combined $1 million.
The coins date back to the 1715 Treasure Fleet. Several ships in two different Spanish fleets were lost in a hurricane in July 1715, causing their treasure to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
Exactly 300 years later, in 2015, a treasure trove of 101 gold coins was discovered off Florida’s Treasure Coast by the Schmitt family. The family operated an LLC called 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels.
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Around $1 million in historic gold coins were recently recovered by authorities. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
But while 51 coins were accounted for, the others were not. which is considered stealing.
“While 51 of these coins were reported correctly and adjudicated, 50 coins were not disclosed and were subsequently stolen,” the FWC noted.
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Florida officials say that over 50 coins were stolen. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
Earlier this summer, the FWC began working with the FBI to investigate Eric Schmitt, who the FWC says is linked to “the illegal sale of multiple stolen gold coins between 2023 and 2024.”
“Investigators executed multiple search warrants, recovering coins from private residences, safe deposit boxes and auctions,” the press release noted. “Five stolen coins were reclaimed from a Florida-based auctioneer, who unknowingly purchased them from Eric Schmitt.”
The coins originated from the 1715 Treasure Fleet. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
“Advanced digital forensics identified metadata and geolocation data linking Eric Schmitt to a photograph of the stolen coins taken at the Schmitt family condominium in Fort Pierce,” the statement added.
The FWC also said that Schmitt took three stolen gold coins and placed them in the ocean in 2016, “to be found by the new investors of 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels, LLC”
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The FWC linked the stolen coins to Eric Schmitt, who is believed to have illegally trafficked them. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission )
While 37 of the coins have been recovered, 13 are still unaccounted for. The FWC said that the recovery of the coins “marks a major milestone in a long-standing investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of these priceless historical artifacts.
“We are grateful to our investigative teams, law enforcement partners and the experts who contributed to this groundbreaking case.”
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President-elect Trump on Sunday jokingly asked a child at his Florida golf club if he could buy “her hair” for “millions” of dollars.
Trump was on a golf cart when he spotted the young fan with a fashionable hairdo at his West Palm Beach club.
Wearing his trademark “Make America Great Again” cap and a red quarter-zip sweater, Trump said hello to other golfers before complimenting the child.
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President-elect Trump greets a child at his Florida golf course. He jokingly offered the child “millions” to purchase their hair. (Michael A Shaw via Storyful)
“Oh, I love that girl. I love that hair. I want her hair,” Trump said as he drove up to the child. “Can I buy your hair? I’ll pay you millions for that.”
The child is asked by someone: “What were you going to tell the president?”
“I voted for you,” the child is heard saying.
Trump then invited the child to sit with him on the cart to take a photo. The incoming president’s trademark hairdo has sometimes been the subject of jokes and curiosity.
During his first White House campaign in 2015, the then-Republican front-runner had a woman in the audience at a South Carolina rally touch his blonde locks to prove he didn’t wear a toupee.
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Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump plays golf ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational series tournament at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Aug. 9, 2023. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
Before that, he also had Barbara Walters pull on his hair during a sit-down interview to prove he was not covering a bald spot.
The golf course where Trump encountered the child is the same site of the second attempted assassination of the president-elect in September.
Trump was also seen golfing with his granddaughter Kai, who has said she’s out to beat his “club championship” record, the New York Post reported.
The motorcade for President Donald Trump arrives at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The newspaper reported that the U.S. Secret Service has beefed up Trump’s security detail following two failed attempts on his life — the first on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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A TikTok influencer was arrested Wednesday for stealing around $500 from a Florida Target last month, police said.
The Cape Coral Police Department said officers responded to the store at 1890 NE Pine Island Road in Cape Coral.
Employees told officers that a woman entered the store on Oct. 30, 2024 and grabbed multiple items that were on sale.
At the self-checkout register, the woman did not scan the items’ barcodes but instead scanned a false barcode with cheaper prices, police said in a press release.
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Police tracked down the Target theft suspect thanks to an anonymous tip. (Cape Coral Police Department; Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
There were 16 items of miscellaneous household goods and clothing that were stolen, valued at just over $500.
The Cape Coral Police Department posted the suspect’s photo on its Facebook and Instagram page to assist with identification.
Police said the suspect posted a video wearing the same outfit as seen in security footage. (Cape Coral Police Department)
An anonymous caller saw the post and gave the suspect’s possible identification as 22-year-old Marlena Velez, a TikTok influencer with nearly 300,000 followers.
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Officers found Velez’s account, which included a video of her wearing the same outfit and glasses as the suspect seen on Target’s video cameras. The video showed her picking out items inside Target and placing them in her car after exiting the store on the same day as the reported theft.
The suspect posted a TikTok video showing her putting away the stolen items from Target. (Cape Coral Police Department)
Cape Coral Police concluded that Velez was the same suspect Target accused of stealing items on Oct. 30. Officers located Velez and took her to the Lee County Jail on one count of petit theft.
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When the Florida Panthers take the ice at Amerant Bank Arena on Wednesday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, they’ll be aiming to score more than just goals.
They’re also seeking to cross-check food insecurity in South Florida.
The defending Stanley Cup champions have partnered with a Florida-based health insurance company and an area nonprofit to help feed hungry residents in the region. Billed as “Goals for Food,” the partnership between the NHL team and Florida Blue contributes 650 meals for every goal scored by a Panthers player at home during the regular season.
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Harvest Drive, a South Florida nonprofit based in the county where the Panthers play, coordinates the distribution of meals in the community.
“There’s just no words to tell you how great it’s been going,” Harvest Drive founder Renee Herman told Fox News Digital. “It’s just amazing.”
The Florida Panthers are cross-checking hunger by donating 650 meals each time a goal is scored at home this season. (Florida Panthers; Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)
The Panthers have been partners with Harvest Drive for years, but they only began tying their performance on the ice to food donations last season during the team’s run to its first-ever Stanley Cup crown.
The Panthers scored 168 goals at home during the 2023-24 season – amounting to 109,200 meals – and have totaled 40 so far this season. That’s 26,000 meals and counting.
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Last week was Harvest Drive’s busiest of the year. Volunteers from Harvest Drive and the Panthers served about 2,400 families ahead of Thanksgiving.
Families referred to Harvest Drive by school social workers and other agencies don’t just receive a turkey, Herman said.
“They get full perishables” — including milk and pie, plus a $30 Walmart gift card, she added.
A volunteer wearing a shirt celebrating the Panthers’ Stanley Cup win is seen sorting collected food as part of the “Goals for Food” program. (Florida Panthers)
It’s “everything that you need to complete your dinner,” Herman said.
“So, it’s not just getting a turkey and they leave,” she continued. “They get everything.”
‘Hunger is a 12-month thing’
Although there is increased awareness of food insecurity during the holidays, the Panthers wanted to do something that was sustainable throughout the year.
Hence, the Goals for Food program.
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“The reality is hunger is a 12-month thing,” John Colombo, vice president of the Florida Panthers Foundation, told Fox News Digital.
Aside from the goals program, the Panthers hosted a food packing and distribution event in August coordinated by Harvest Drive. Volunteers collected 22,000 pounds of food to benefit 1,000 families.
The team also hosted a food drive for fans to donate non-perishable items before its Nov. 7 home game – a 6-2 victory over the Nashville Predators. The Panthers’ six goals were the most scored at Amerant Bank Arena this season — resulting in 3,900 donated meals.
The Panthers scored a season-high six goals at home against the Predators on Nov. 7, resulting in 3,900 donated meals. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)
Why 650 per goal? It was a number that the Panthers, Florida Blue and Harvest Drive believed would make a difference.
“That’s a lot of meals for one single goal,” Colombo said.
“We can’t control wins and losses on the ice, but we can control how we partner in the community.”
The Panthers, Colombo said, are “really lucky” to be able to work with Harvest Drive because of its direct link to South Florida schools.
“These kids, every two weeks, go home with meals in their car when they get picked up from school,” Colombo said.
He said the food goes “right from our donors, right into the hands of social workers that are going right into the cars of these kids [who] really need the food.”
A “Goals for Food” volunteer loads bags of food into the back of a vehicle. (Florida Panthers)
Other NHL organizations have been doing their part to help feed the hungry this Thanksgiving.
Players from the Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators recently distributed turkeys to local families in need — while the Buffalo Sabres provided vouchers for future game tickets in exchange for turkey donations during an area food drive.
“We’re selling hockey in the middle of the Everglades,” Colombo said, recognizing that the team is “a little different” from some of its peers in the NHL. That starts in the community, he suggested.
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“We can’t control wins and losses on the ice, but we can control how we are as a partner in the community,” Colombo said.
“And I think that’s always been our goal here.”
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