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On 9 June 2018, the Neon Nettle fake news site published an article reporting that a man had been arrested in Florida for 'Barbecuing' Pedophiles to Death: It is true that a man named Jorge Porto-Sierra was arrested in Kissimmee, Florida, in March 2018 on charges that he attempted to kill people he claimed were sex offenders. However, contrary to Neon Nettle's fabricated reporting, Porto-Sierra didn't actually kill anyone or set anyone on fire, much less burn pedophiles alive on a barbecue. As noted in news reports, Porto-Sierra dumped gasoline into a hotel room and an automobile with the professed intent of killing child molesters, but in neither case did he set people or property alight, and in both cases his intended victims escaped alive: According to the Orlando Sentinel, records show that three of the intended victims were sex offenders. Porto-Sierra was taken to the Osceola County jail and faces a slew of charges, including four counts of attempted murder. Neon Nettle is a notorious fake news site with a predilection for publishing sensationalized and exaggerated (if not completely fabricated) stories about pedophiles. True to form, Neon Nettle added multiple false elements to this particular report to enhance its luridness.
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