DeSantis, Florida Officials Issue Warnings to Would-Be Looters Ahead of Hurricane Milton

The Category 4 storm is expected to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Fla., on Sept. 26, 2024. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Officials in Florida issued stark warnings to would-be looters during Hurricane Milton that they could get shot or arrested.

“Florida will not stand for looting—we will not stand for it. We will come after you,” Mark Glass, commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, told reporters on Wednesday morning.