Today’s top 10 weird news stories: Train sends car into house, Michael Bloomberg’s housekeeper abducted at gunpoint and GoFundMe locks out protesting truckers

Jessica Woods

Saturday was a busy news day here in America, but here are the 10 craziest headlines from across the country from Saturday, February 5th, 2022.
Train tosses car into home after thief abandoned stolen vehicle on the track

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – A Port St. Lucie man was arrested in charged after a stolen vehicle he left abandoned on the train tracks was catapulted into a nearby home after being struck by a train. Port. St. Luice Police say 38-year old Bradford Weitzel told Martin County Sheriff’s Detectives that he couldn’t find his car after leaving a Martin County bar early this morning, so he stole one in a good faith effort to locate his own. More Bizarre Headlines He said he somehow ended up on the train tracks along Indian River Drive. “That’s when Weitzel claims the… 

Housekeeper at Colorado ranch of Michael Bloomberg abducted at gunpoint

By Keith Coffman DENVER – A housekeeper at the Colorado ranch of billionaire Michael Bloomberg was abducted at gunpoint this week by a man who forced her to drive them to Wyoming, where police later arrested the suspect and freed the woman unharmed, according to officials and court documents. Joseph Beecher, 48, was taken… 


Eight year old girl, innocent bystander shot and killed in drive-by shooting in Belle Glade

BELLE GLADE, FL – A drive-by shooting in a small community deep in the Florida Everglades struck an innocent girl, killing her. Police reported that at around 7:15 pm Friday night, deputies responded to a shooting in the 500 block of SE 1st Street, Belle Glade where located an 8-year-old girl suffering from gunshot wounds. “Our detectives later learned that this was a drive-by shooting that struck and killed the 8-year-old,” the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. According to WPBTF, the girl has been identified as 8-year-old Ronziyah Atkins. Atkins’ death was reported by the Sheriff’s Office at… 

Florida teacher had two year long relationship with 14-year-old female student, Sheriff says

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fl.  – Detectives have arrested a Pasco County Schools teacher and former Pinellas County Schools teacher for Sexual Battery Custodial Authority on a student. According to detectives, the investigation began on January 7, 2022, after detectives received information regarding an inappropriate relationship that had occurred between 32-year-old Kyle Handfield and a student who was 14 years old at the time of the incident. During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that this relationship occurred from 2017 through 2018. According to detectives, the investigation determined that Handfield initially began to communicate with the victim through a social networking website…. 

Congressman Tom Malinowski’s campaign, financed by Libyan Jihadist terrorist money man who supported 9-11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden

One of the people bankrolling New Jersey Democrat Tom Malinoski is self-proclaimed Jihadist and terrorism financier Emadeddin Muntasser. Since 2019, Muntasser has donated thousands of dollars to the New Jersey progressive and hundreds of thousands of dollars to other left-wing Democrats nationwide. Today, Malinowski’s Republican challenger Tom Kean is asking the far-left wing congressman to give the Libyan sponsor of terrorism a charity that helps people affected by the atrocities of the radical Islamic fundamentalist organizations bankrolled by Muntasser. “This is but another chapter in the history of Tom Malinowski’s lack of integrity & poor judgment,” Kean said. “He needs to… 

Shooting at teen party ends with one dead

PALM COAST, FL – The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) is investigating a fatal shooting overnight in Palm Coast. The FCSO’s Investigative Services Division is looking for answers into the death of 19-year-old Jamey “JuJu” Bennett, Jr. of Palm Coast. FCSO deputies responded to a wooded area off of Old Kings Road North just before 2 a.m., Saturday. Investigators say several dozen teenagers were at a party when an argument erupted leading to the fatal shooting. The FCSO is following leads at this hour as they investigate the shooting. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly is asking parents to speak with their… 

GoFundMe Nukes Canadian Trucker Fundraiser, Refuses To Distribute Donations

Crowdfunding site GoFundMe has taken down a fundraiser started by organizers of a protest against Canadian COVID-19 restrictions and is refusing to distribute donations, the company announced late Friday. GoFundMe cited “police reports of violence and unlawful activity” as justification for its decision. “Following a review of relevant facts and multiple discussions with local law enforcement and city officials, this fundraiser is now in violation of our Terms of Service (Term 8, which prohibits the promotion of violence and harassment) and has been removed from the platform,” the company wrote in a blog post. The decision to terminate the fundraiser follows calls… 

GoFundMe just seized $9 million in contributions from Canada’s Freedom Convoy, donors, here’s how to get a refund

When donors pledged money to support the protesting truckers in Canada’s Freedom Convoy, they believed their hard-earned money would be given to truckers who are protesting vaccine mandates in their home country. Now, GoFundMe says it is seizing $9,000,000 from the fund and giving it to other groups instead. Groups such as Black Lives Matter? Greenpeace? Planned Parenthood? Today, the company said it is suspending the fundraiser because it has deemed the protest an “occupation”. “GoFundMe supports peaceful protests and we believe that was the intention of the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser when it was first created,” the company said…. 

New York City Teacher Loses Job After Disrespecting Fundraiser For Fallen Police Officers

A New York City high school released one of its teachers who tweeted that she planned to intentionally disrespect a fundraiser in support of fallen NYPD officers, according to a Thursday report. Laura Lynne Duffy, a teacher at Fontbonne Hall Academy in Brooklyn, New York, said she was going to “intentionally” dress up Wednesday for a student fundraiser encouraging everyone to “dress down” as a show of support for two police officers killed in January, the New York Post reported. Students at the private, all-girls school reportedly wear uniforms but were encouraged to wear blue on Wednesday as part of the… 

Homeless man charged for sexual battery of 12-year-old runaway girl in Deltona

DELTONA, FL – Volusia sheriff’s detectives have arrested a suspect in the sexual battery of a 12-year-old girl who deputies recovered after she ran away from Florida United Methodist Children’s Home in August 2021. The victim told deputies the sexual battery occurred in the woods near Green Springs Park in Deltona. The suspect, 53-year-old Brian T. Young (DOB 7/7/1968), who lives in a transient camp in the area, was identified via DNA match from the victim’s sexual assault kit. The investigation started Aug. 24, 2021, after deputies found the missing girl at Green Springs Park. After she was recovered, she made…

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