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Feds: Former Longwood top cop Thomas Jackson sentenced to 4 years in prison for bribery conviction

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Photos for Headline Surfer® /  Former Longwood Police Chief Thomas S. Jackson is shown in happier times in his blue uniform police uniform and in his mug shot on federal bribery charges leading to his conviction and four years imprisonment during a sentencing hearing at the federal courthouse in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday.
 
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Teamster's rep: Longwood official's DUI arrest complicates stalled talks with cops who haven't had raises in 5 years
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Henry Frederick Sun, 02/09/2014 - 20:37
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LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Five-plus years have come and gone since Longwood's 42 cops cops have seen any kind of a legitimate pay raise. The business agent for the Teamster's union is fully cgnizant the recent DUI arrest of City Commissioner Butch Bundy in the wake of November's horrific crash will likely aggravate the situation that much more.

300-pound black bear that bit Longwood woman on butt captured and euthanized; cub sent to sanctuary

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LONGWOOD, Fla. -- The 14-month-old Florida black bear cub whose mother attacked a Longwood resident March 16, will spend the rest of its life at EARS wildlife sanctuary near Citra in Marion County. The mother bear, hower, was put down Thursday whwn both were captured.

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