Teacher in Martin County grooming underage student--Arrested

Tradition Preparatory High School teacher accused of inappropriate conduct with 16-year-old girl arrested

A man who taught at Tradition Preparatory High School is accused of inappropriate conduct with a 16-year-old girl.

Addam LeClair, 43, of Hobe Sound, was arrested Wednesday afternoon, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said.

This marks first time Martin County Sheriff's Office" has used state statute for arrest.

According to a probable cause affidavit, the investigation began on Tuesday. LeClair had been communicating with the student since March and had given her his number on a sticky note, suggesting she should contact him if she needed someone to talk to.

The student later contacted LeClair, deputies said, and this initiated a pattern of communication between LeClair and the girl, which she described as becoming "increasingly frequent" and "inappropriate" over time.

During the month of May, the student told deputies, LeClair brought her flowers for a performance at school, attempted to give her Starbucks and Dunkin' giftcards, which she declined, and offered to loan her $100 for her prom ticket, according to the affidavit.

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Ryan Wesley Routh caught on I-95

Martin County sheriff details how they captured assassination suspect on I-95

In a press conference Monday, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder called the apprehension of Ryan Wesley Routh Sunday afternoon the “highest profile stop” in the agency’s history. Snyder gave his deputies high praise for stopping the suspect without incident.

Footage of Routh being apprehended Sunday afternoon was released Monday by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

In the body camera footage, Routh’s hands are raised and a pink shirt is over his head as he’s taken into custody.

“I am thankful to the men and women of this sheriff’s department that put themselves in harm’s way,” said Snyder.

All of this unfolded shortly after what the FBI calls an apparent assassination attempt on former President’s Trump life. Snyder says solid communication with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office played a pivotal role in locating the suspect fast.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Sunday that a witness was able to take a photo of the suspect’s fleeing SUV and its license plate.

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With the various independent investigations going on, perhaps we will really find out who was behind that low-life.

Marco Rubio on Florida's Algae Disaster

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“If I believed that the sugar industry was the only contributor to this, then we would do everything possible to address that immediately, but there are multiple contributors to this and it’s not just agriculture. It isn’t. It isn’t. There are localized sources and they have been working hard here to deal with that and it’s difficult to do, I know, because it’s costly, but that’s a reality.

Ninety percent of the water in Lake Okeechobee does not come from the South, it comes from the North, from the Kissimmee basin. It comes down and it’s bringing nutrients from cattle operations, but also from population centers. And now it’s 90 percent of the water that’s in the lake. The lake itself has deep, embedded historical sediment on the bottom that also has nutrients in it. So there’s not just one causation here, that’s what I mean, there are multiple causes to this."

~ Marco Rubio

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Algae - Who and what is to blame?

Everyone now can put their mind to rest as to the cause of the algae--

Pollution from population growth and urban development — not water releases from Lake Okeechobee — is the primary cause of the foul-smelling slime turning many waterways in Martin County a bright blue-green, an expert in algae blooms said Thursday.

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Now, what to do about it?

Oh, and don't forget, kick all the bums out at the county level.

Martin County gets an Award

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This sounds like something that could be decided upon in Lake Worth, not the entire county commission of Martin County.

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