🌱 How a Cocoa bondsman’s plea deal changed a major trafficking case
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- How a Cocoa bondsman’s plea deal changed a major trafficking case
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Cocoa-based bail bondsman avoids sex trafficking charges with plea (floridatoday.com) — A longtime Cocoa-based bail bonds owner has avoided human trafficking charges by pleading no contest to racketeering and now faces sentencing in early 2027. The case, which included raids on his Cocoa office and others in Central Florida, centers on allegations he exploited jailed women while operating across Brevard and nearby counties, raising serious concerns about local justice-system oversight. 
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