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Maybe he just loves that chicken from Popeyes? A loose monkey has been spotted in Central Florida, with the elusive simian recently seen scaring a woman working at a Popeyes drive-thru window. “I look over and I’m like, ‘Is this real? This cannot be possible,’” employee Kimberly Bialobos told FOX 35 after seeing the monkey on Wednesday morning. “This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.” Bialobos said the monkey appeared near the restaurant on Enterprise Road, in Orange City, at around 9:30 a.m. She noted that the monkey appeared to know how to navigate the streets, avoiding a busy...

ORANGE CITY, Fla. — An Orange City man is accused of locking three tenants inside the garage apartment they live in and threatening to shoot them if they came out. Sixty-six-year-old Lawrence Cohen is charged with three counts of false imprisonment and in addition to that, resisting arrest. Deputies say they had to use a taser on Cohen after breaking down the door to get in. A judge found probable cause and set bond at $16,000. Deputies say Cohen got into a confrontation with three tenants who were living in Cohen's garage apartment attached to his main home on Sparkman...

Suspect Killed During Video Store Robbery Posted: 6:34 a.m. EST March 19, 2002 ORANGE CITY, Fla. -- A suspect in the robbery of a video store in Orange City was shot and killed Tuesday night. It happened at the Blockbuster store along Enterprise Road just before midnight, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported. The father of one of the employees was inside the store at the time and pulled his weapon during the robbery attempt, officials said. Police said the father opened fire, killing a 19-year-old suspect. A second suspect was injured in the gunfire. The dead suspect was also an employee...