Mayor reports discovery of county’s 1st omicron case
The first case of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported in Miami-Dade on Friday, bringing to three the total of known cases of the latest coronavirus strain in Florida.
The other two omicron cases in Florida were confirmed earlier in the week in Tampa Bay and St. Lucie County.
Numerous sources, including Miami Herald news partner CBS4, reported that the Miami-Dade omicron case was confirmed Friday by CardioPath, a private lab in Doral, after it sequenced the variant in a sample it received and tested on Thursday.
The Miami-Dade case had not been publicly
Honaker and a detective “locked eyes,” a chase ended inside a parking garage near Alhambra Circle.
Honaker was arrested and had with him a hammer and demand notes. His stashed backpack also held a change of clothes, toiletries and his passport, and he said the TD Bank on Alhambra Circle “was next on his robbery attempt list,” according to the arrest report.
THE SENTENCING LETTER
In a sentencing letter submitted on behalf of Honaker, a fellow inmate described him as kindhearted, respectful, smart and a “willing to give you the shirt off his back” kind of guy,” and that he “easily gains the respect of other inmates (which is not an easy feat),” the ABA Journal reported.
Honaker used his legal background — which included three years at Greenberg Traurig from 2008 to 2011 — to assist other inmates with their cases, the sentencing letter said. confirmed by the Florida Department of Health or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Saturday afternoon.
During the first week of December, through Wednesday, 22 U.S. states — including Florida — reported at least one COVID-19 case attributed to the omicron variant, according to the CDC. Of the 43 cases, there was one hospitalization and
AN EXPLANATION
According to the transcript of his detention hearing, filed with court documents in October 2020, Honaker told law enforcement he was homeless and “on bad terms with his family and did not want them to be called on the day of his arrest.”
According to the court documents, he “quit his career” and “went off the grid” by “traveling extensively around the world.” Honaker’s passport indicated he had been to “China, Mexico, the Philippines, Peru, Ecuador and all over the Caribbean Islands.”
When arrested, he asked law enforcement to contact his fiancee, who lives in Colombia.
According to the court transcript, she told them she had filed a missing persons report in South Florida because Honaker was supposed to return to Colombia to live there with her permanently.
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The Miami Herald reached out to Florida’s health department for comment.
MIAMI-DADE MAYOR REACTS
But Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava said on Saturday her office had been notified of the local case.
“News that the first official case of omicron has been detected in Miami-Dade County is a frustrating reminder that this pandemic is not over, and we must continue to take key measures to protect ourselves and our loved ones during the holiday season,” she said on Twitter.
She followed by urging the community to get vaccinated and get the
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