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An arrest has been made after a shooting in Dania Beach left one man hurt near a soccer rally on Saturday night. Police have identified the gunman as Luis Francisco Morales Crespo. The shooting happened around 10:30 Saturday night, BSO deputies said. This was notably near where thousands of soccer fans were gathered. The wife of the man who was hurt told NBC6 they were part of a rally in support of Colombia at the time, but police said the

Over the weekend, a Tennessee man was arrested in Panama City Beach and is now facing child sex charges. 28-year-old Telvin Buck is charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 16. According to the Panama City Beach Police Department, Buck was swimming when he went up to the 14-year-old female victim and grabbed her butt as he swam by her. Police said he did this in an effort to entice the victim

Photo by: Citrus County Sheriff’s Office An Inverness man is behind bars after deputies say he led them on a chase in a U-Haul van.  According to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, when a deputy tried to pull over a white U-Haul van for running a stop sign at N. Page Ave. off East Norvell Bryant Highway, the driver, later identified as Michael Allen Pierce Jr., 27, took off.  Deputies say Pierce Jr. continued driving eastbound and quickly turned-on N. Croft Ave.,

Photo by: mypanhandle A man was seriously injured after he crashed his car into a tire store early Monday morning. It happened shortly before 1:30 a.m., at Super Star Tire Shop, off W. 15th Street, near Florida Ave. According to Panama City officials, the driver was unresponsive when first responders arrived. He was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Car accidents can be devastating, causing injuries, financial strain, and emotional trauma. At Ovadia Law Group, our team of experienced

Gunfire tore through a banquet hall in Northwest Miami-Dade, sending a man and a woman to the hospital and triggering a search for the person or people responsible. 7News cameras on Saturday afternoon captured a door boarded up at the entrance of Channells Exquisite Banquet Hall, located at a shopping plaza along Northwest Seventh Avenue, near 151st Street. According to Miami-Dade Police, the shooting took place just before 11:30 p.m. Paramedics with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported both injured victims to

People living in the ShadowBay neighborhood of Longwood say this week marked the third time the streets have flooded like this in just the past few weeks. One neighbor could wind up owing thousands of dollars because of it. Those residents say this problem is entirely new and traceable to one neighbor. “I filled in the two manholes and that broken pipe because I didn’t want any more erosion on my property,” Diane Goglas told FOX 35 News. In March,

Photo by: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to a house fire in Brandon that left one person hospitalized Sunday afternoon. Firefighters received calls of smoke and fire in a bedroom at a home around 2:50 p.m. on Timber Pond Drive, Fire Rescue said in a news release. Crews reportedly advanced hose lines into the house and were able to extinguish the fire after 10 minutes. No one was found inside the home during a search, according

Jameka Williams, 29, worked as a process operator at the plant, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman died Friday after falling into a machine at the Mosaic plant located in the Bradley area, south of Mulberry. Deputies are investigating 29-year-old Jameka Williams’ death as an industrial accident-related death, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. According to a YouTube short posted Saturday by Sheriff Grady Judd, Williams was

A 35-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after he murdered two people and then ran from deputies, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Officials say HCSO received a call about a dead woman on the 4800 block of Alvarado Drive in Tampa just after 2 p.m. on Saturday. When deputies arrived, they say they found Lianet Santos Sosa, 31, with upper body trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to law enforcement. Investigators say they learned that Silvio Ramon

An Orange County deputy is accused of DUI after allegedly driving with a BAC three times the legal limit, an Osceola County deputy was arrested for cyberstalking and domestic battery, and a Florida man is accused of breaking into his dead neighbor’s house: Here’s FOX 35’s Florida Crime Files. A Lake County man has found himself behind bars after he allegedly broke into his dead neighbor’s house this week. Jody Baker, 52, was arrested and charged with unarmed burglary of an unoccupied

 A life flight helicopter landed on Blue Angel Parkway near Cerny Road Saturday morning following a single-vehicle crash involving a white pickup truck driven by a 19-year-old, according to FHP. No further details have been released. This is a developing story. The impact of a car accident can extend beyond immediate injuries, affecting your long-term health and financial stability. Ovadia Law Group understands the far-reaching consequences of car accidents and is here to help you every step of the way.

 Two people are in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash into a tree occurred on Saturday night. It happened around 11 p.m. in the area of North Green Street and West Gonzalez Street, according to FHP. The driver was a 21-year-old Pensacola man and the passenger was a 43-year-old Pensacola woman. FHP says the crash is currently under investigation. No further details have been released. After a car accident, dealing with insurance companies and legal procedures can be overwhelming. At