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Seven wounded in strip club shooting
Associated Press
Published February 25, 2007
POMPANO BEACH - Two security guards and five patrons were shot and wounded after a fight broke out at a strip club early Saturday, police said. Broward Sheriff's Office investigators say the shots were fired after 1 a.m. after rapper Trina arrived for a scheduled appearance. Deputies arrived to find a 17-year-old juvenile firing a handgun into the air. He was arrested on charges of discharging a firearm in public and two existing warrants for battery. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue units treated five victims and transported them to North Broward Medical Center. Two other victims from the club arrived at the hospital later on their own. Police said all victims were in stable condition. Doctor charged with drug trafficking ST. AUGUSTINE - A St. Johns County physician was charged with drug trafficking after selling 1,000 hydrocodone pills to undercover agents at his home in an upscale development, police said. The drugs were bought from distributors with a legal physician's license but then sold without prescription, St. Johns County sheriff's Sgt. Chuck Mulligan said. Larry M. Friedes, 47, of St. Augustine was arrested after undercover investigators went to his house early this week and said they bought the narcotic painkillers commonly marketed as Vicodin for $1,600, Mulligan said. Police went back late Wednesday with 2,000 pills of Ecstasy they sold for $5,000. Investigators said they also found cocaine in Friedes' pants pocket when they arrested him. Friedes was charged with trafficking in hydrocodone, trafficking in Ecstasy, and cocaine possession. He was released from the St. Johns County jail Thursday on $41,000 bail. Hurricane Center sets records for accuracy MIAMI - The National Hurricane Center set records for accuracy while tracking 10 systems during the 2006 Atlantic storm season, an internal report released Friday said. The center saw its lowest average errors ever in predicting where storms would go over 12, 24 and 36 hours, as well as over two and three days. The main reason for the improvement is that forecast models have become more technologically advanced, hurricane specialist James Franklin said. Compiled from Associated Press reports.
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