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No Gaetz Charges, Best Employers, Woman Fights Attacker: FL Top News

Topping this week's news, a car rolls into the bay when the owner chases a dog and Tom Brady's "retirement sand" sells for thousands.

A car rolled into Sarasota Bay after a driver forgot to put it into park when chasing after his dog, police said.
A car rolled into Sarasota Bay after a driver forgot to put it into park when chasing after his dog, police said. (Sarasota Police Department)

FLORIDA — The ousted Hillsborough County state attorney is taking his case to the Florida Supreme Court, a Lee County woman has claimed the $126 million Mega Millions jackpot, a possible threat forces the lockdown of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School on the anniversary of the mass shooting, and preschoolers are painted in blackface.

Plus, prosecutors decide not to file sex-trafficking charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz, a woman who fought off a would-be rapist urges other women to fight back, Gov. DeSantis gains approval to relocate migrants across the country, and Forbes names the best large employers in the state.

See these stories and more on this week's Florida Patch sites.

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