NEWS OF THE DAY
Shaky claim: President Trump made an unsubstantiated assertion that the Obama administration granted 2,500 Iranians citizenship as part of a 2015 nuclear deal that sought to limit Tehran’s nuclear ability in exchange for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. program. Nothing in the agreement addresses the naturalization or immigration of Iranians, analysts say. Indeed, according to U.S. naturalization figures, the number of Iranians who were granted citizenship barely increased during final negotiations, actually falling after the July 2015 deal was signed. Trump’s claim came from a Fox News report.
Concealed weapons: A 2012 internal investigation found that 48 Florida state employees made mistakes in issuing permits for concealed weapons, security guards and other similar licenses — in some cases not even looking at applications, according to records released this week. The laxity among Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services employees was addressed at the time, including with at least one firing and new “checks and balances,” officials said. But the records add to revelations of lapses in concealed carry permitting in 2016-17 that have drawn criticism for department Commissioner Adam Putnam as he runs for governor in the wake of February’s Parkland school shooting, which brought gun safety to the forefront of the political agenda.
_3 Gang attack: A 10th suspect has been arrested in the death of a 15-year-old New York City boy who was slashed in the neck with a machete outside a Bronx bodega. Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of 26-year-old Gabriel Ramirez Concepcion hours after charging a ninth suspect in the June 20 death of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz. Concepcion and 29-year-old Diego Suero are charged with murder, manslaughter and gang assault. Guzman-Feliz, known as “Junior,” dreamed of becoming a police officer, and his death shocked the community. His funeral last week ended with several hundred people chanting “Justice for Junior!” as pallbearers loaded his casket into a hearse. Police established a scholarship in his honor.
_4 Stolen pug: A pug named Guido is back at home more than a month after his owner’s car was stolen with the dog inside. The reunion happened thanks to an anonymous tip called into Florida’s Hillsborough County Sheriff ’s Office. Spokesman Danny Alvarez said Donald Murray’s car was stolen on May 29, with no sign of Guido. Murray’s car was found abandoned behind a grocery store and an employee at a drycleaning business found Guido wandering around. Another employee, Karlene Rowell, took Guido home and cared for him. When a tip came in, investigators took Murray to Rowell’s house Tuesday night. He confirmed the dog was Guido. Alvarez said Rowell and her family were sad to say goodbye, but happy Guido was reunited with Murray.