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CW39
March 30, 2018
"She doesn't go to the mosque, she searches for Hello Kitty on her website," defense attorney Charles Swift said in his closing argument. "We're supposed to believe ... The couple and their son, who was 3 at the time of the massacre, lived about two hours from Orlando in Fort Pierce, Florida. Salman wasÃâà...
Montana Standard
March 25, 2018
Salman was grounded if she skipped services at the mosque or went to her friend's Sunday school at the Christian church, the uncle said. But Islam wasn't ... After a few months, Mateen and his father flew from their home in Fort Pierce to ask Salman's parents for her hand in marriage. They agreed and theÃâà...
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
March 22, 2018
Ten days later, cameras captured Salman driving Mateen and their son to a Walmart near the family's home in Fort Pierce. As Mateen purchased ... Cellphone location data indicates Mateen and Salman traveled from Ft. Pierce to the Orlando area on the afternoon of June 8. Video retrieved from the BassÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
March 22, 2018
The judge in the Noor Salman trial scolded prosecutors for not sharing evidence that Salman hadn't cased the Pulse nightclub with her husband — something an agent testified the FBI knew “within days” of the shooting. “I'm very concerned by that,” U.S. District Judge Paul Byron said. He had cited an FBIÃâà...
Fairfield Daily Republic
March 21, 2018
Shahla Mateen said she called her son the afternoon of June 11, after he left her home, to invite him to a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner at their mosque. She couldn't reach him, so she called Salman, who said her son would be asleep by then and she wanted to stay home with him. Omar Mateen, SalmanÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
March 21, 2018
She called her son when she left the mosque that night and left a message saying she wanted to speak with him right away – it was an emergency, she said. Shahla ... The exchange happened about seven minutes before Fort Pierce police officers called her by phone, asking her to exit their apartment.
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
March 20, 2018
FBI Special Agent TJ Sypniewski testified later on Tuesday that, after Salman was done being interviewed in Fort Pierce, she asked “when am I going to be able to get the money?” saying she was a ... Mohammad saw Mateen's mother on June 11 at the mosque both families attend. "Mrs. Mateen, Omar'sÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
March 18, 2018
And he was the person Mateen said he was meeting with for dinner when he left their Fort Pierce home to drive to Orlando. Nemo is one of several key ... Mateen's mother realized that wasn't true, though, when she spoke to Nemo's mother at the mosque that night, prosecutors said. Nemo was in medicalÃâà...
WPEC
February 23, 2018
Those cameras could potentially help catch a criminal in the act. Sheriff Ken Mascara said a camera helped crack the case after a man set the Islamic Center in Fort Pierce on Fire. “An adjacent home had surveillance camera that filmed the suspect entering the mosque, running away. That piece of video played a key role inÃâà...
Middle East Eye
December 6, 2017
A man who vandalised a Florida mosque in January 2016 and left a raw slab of bacon on its doorstep was sentenced to 15 years in prison in a hate crime ... Muslims are prohibited from consuming pork products including bacon, and hate groups have used pork as a way to desecrate US mosques,Ãâà...
WPTV.com
June 12, 2017
Leaders at the Islamic Center decided to relocate, instead of rebuild, the damaged mosque partially because it was cost-prohibitive. The new center is now on Oleander Avenue. Over the past year, the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce also saw support. It raised more than $70,000 online to rebuild after the fire.
TCPalm
June 7, 2017
Sarah Nefzi, 10, of Port St. Lucie, listens to messages of support from the faith community during a prayer vigil Sept. 15, 2016, at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce in White City, where an arsonist set a fire earlier in the week. Sarah's father, mosque board member and Indian River State College professorÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
May 12, 2017
The mosque where Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen worshiped soon will reopen in a new location, months after an ex-convict destroyed it in an arson attack, Sun Sentinel news partner WPEC-CBS12 has learned. The Islamic Center of Fort Pierce on Midway Road was torn down after it was set onÃâà...
WPTV.com
February 6, 2017
The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said Schreiber previously admitted to them he set the mosque on fire at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce and was “embarrassed” to have committed the crime. He said he wasn't motivated by hate but fear and anxiety that St. Lucie West would become another "ManhattanÃâà...
TCPalm
January 20, 2017
“They have made a final decision not to work on the damaged property,” said Wilfredo Ruiz, mosque spokesman. “It's not financially viable.” Ruiz, also communications director with the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Florida, said the choice of new locations has been narrowed to three. Ruiz said aÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
September 18, 2016
This surveillance video released by St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office reveals a man arriving via motorcycle on Sept. 11, 2016, to the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce in Florida, a mosque linked to Omar Mateen. According to sheriffs, it appears the man is either white or Hispanic and is carrying paper and a bottleÃâà...
TCPalm
September 15, 2016
LUCIE COUNTY — A 32-year-old Port St. Lucie man who posted anti-Muslim sentiments on social media is accused of causing the early Monday fire at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County Sheriff's officials said. Joseph Michael Schreiber, of the 5700 block of Northwest Zenith Drive, Port St.
WPTV.com
September 12, 2016
This time another mosque has been targeted in a crime that could have easily taken the life of any worshiper. Only one hour prior to the fire the building was occupied. Our prayers are with the Ft. Pierce Islamic Center community for all the difficulties they have endured this year. On the other hand, we areÃâà...
STLtoday.com
December 31, 1999
Salman was grounded if she skipped services at the mosque or went to her friend's Sunday school at the Christian church, the uncle said. But Islam wasn't ... After a few months, Mateen and his father flew from their home in Fort Pierce to ask Salman's parents for her hand in marriage. They agreed and theÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
December 31, 1999
On June 11, 2016, Salman and Mateen both told Mateen's parents that he could not come to a mosque for Ramadan dinner because he was dining with Nemo ... Salman's defense says Mateen lied to his wife as well as his parents, telling her he was going to see his friend when he left their Fort PierceÃâà...
