🌱 Why a visit to Wildwood Soup Kitchen ended in an arrest
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In today's newsletter:
- Why a visit to Wildwood Soup Kitchen ended in an arrest
- Driver’s school pickup at Wildwood Elementary ends with an arrest
- How Wildwood police cracked the bogus $100 bills at Magnolia Plaza
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- Friday: Warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 90 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 89, low: 63.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 89 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Suspect arrested in theft of weed eater at Wildwood Soup Kitchen (villages-news.com) — Wildwood police recently arrested a man accused of stealing a weed eater outside the Wildwood Soup Kitchen on Barwick Street. Officers say the suspect later returned to the soup kitchen and admitted taking the tool, and a search reportedly turned up drug paraphernalia, leading to multiple charges and his booking into the Sumter County Detention Center. 
• Man arrested after arriving to pick up children at Wildwood Elementary School (villages-news.com) — A driver was arrested after coming to Wildwood Elementary School without a valid license, according to Wildwood police. Officers stopped his minivan nearby, noted a child improperly belted in front, and say a records check showed multiple prior suspensions, leading to a charge of driving while license suspended.
• Bogus $100 bills turn up at Magnolia Plaza in The Villages (villages-news.com) — Wildwood Police say counterfeit $100 bills used at the Magnolia Plaza 7-Eleven in The Villages have been traced to a suspect now in custody. Officers report the bogus bills initially passed marker tests but later failed closer inspection, leading to fraud charges and a recent arrest tied to the February incidents.
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Leesburg Area Chamber of Commerce , 410 W Main St , Leesburg
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The Mount Dora Bistro , 341 Alexander St , Mt Dora
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Eden Abbey Brewing Community , 405 S. Highland St. , Mount Dora
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Weekend Brunch at Eden Abbey
Eden Abbey Brewing Community , 405 S. Highland St. , Mount Dora
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Afternoon Tea
Grove House Restaurant Mission Resort + Club , 10400 County Road 48 , Howey-in-the-Hills
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🗞 Nearby News
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Leesburg
- LakeXpress offering shuttle service for Leesburg Bikefest (wftv.com)
- Stalker allegedly threatens to stab employee he met at T-Mobile store (leesburg-news.com)
- Silver Springs monkeys ... in Leesburg? (dailycommercial.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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