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A Seminole County science teacher was arrested on Friday after being accused of molesting a minor, according to deputies. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said 48-year-old Timothy Delaney was accused of molesting a minor under 12 years of age. Delaney is a teacher at the Seminole High School. He is now facing one count of lewd or lascivious molestation against a person less than 12 years old. Delaney’s bond was set for $20,000. There are no further details on this

Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after a motorcyclist was thrown from his bike and died in a crash on Interstate 95 in Flagler County late Saturday night. According to FHP, the crash happened around 11:40 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95 near mile marker 285, north of State Road 100 in Flagler County. Troopers said a motorcycle heading northbound crashed into the rear end of a pickup truck also traveling north on the highway. The motorcyclist, a 40-year-old man

Photo by: wsvn A driver escaped a watery wreck in a residential Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, witnesses said. Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue units responded to reports of a car submerged in a canal behind a house in the areas of Southeast Ninth Street, neat Cordoba Road, at around 8 a.m. on Friday. Investigators believe the car was likely driven off the residential road. Neighbors said they saw the vehicle going at a high rate of speed. 7Skyforce hovered above

Photo by: Local10 Police are investigating a fatal crash in northwest Miami-Dade early Monday morning. The single-vehicle crash happened in the 7200 block of Northwest 27th Avenue, near State Road 9 in the county’s Gladeview neighborhood, according to Miami-Dade police. Sky 10 flew over the area just before 6:30 a.m. where a car was seen smashed against a concrete guardrail with severe damage to its front and back ends. Miami-Dade police confirmed the driver involved in the crash died at

 More than 60 residents of a rehabilitation and treatment facility in Fort Lauderdale were displaced on Monday due to an overnight fire. It happened at the TLC Recovery Center South, located at 465 SW 20th Ave. Authorities confirmed that there were no injuries. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue released video of the fire at the two-story treatment facility. The displaced residents have been relocated to hotels or nearby treatment facilities, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan. The cause

Two men died and two people were injured Saturday after a crash in Pine Hills, Florida Highway Patrol said.  Shortly after 5:30 a.m., a Chrysler 200 was traveling south on Pine Hills Road, approaching Colonial Drive, while a Honda CRV was traveling east on Colonial Drive approaching Pine Hills Road.  At some point, the front of the Chrysler crashed into the side of the Honda. Two men from the Chrysler were killed, while a third occupant was taken to the

 Troopers are searching for three people believed to be involved in a hit-and-run crash in Orange County on Sunday.  Around 11 a.m., FHP responded to a hit-and-run crash near mile marker 67 on I-4 westbound. A Chevrolet Camaro was traveling westbound in the center lane when the driver attempted to switch lanes and collided with the back of a Hyundai Tucson.  Dash cam video shows the moment the collision happened.  The Tucson ran off the roadway into the right shoulder

– The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies are investigating a deadly deputy-involved crash that happened early on Sunday morning. According to officials, Deputy Lira-Rangel was driving his fully marked agency-issued Chevrolet Tahoe south on 49th Street North in the median lane just before 1 a.m. Investigators say that as Deputy Lira-Rangel approached 58th Avenue North, an unknown woman in a red pickup truck that was headed north pointed toward the southbound lanes of 49th Street ahead of Deputy Lira-Rangel. Authorities say the

 One adult was taken to the hospital after a shooting early Sunday morning, according to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office. Officials say they are investigating the shooting that happened in the Baillies Bluff Rd. area of Holiday around 4:20 a.m. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies believe multiple subjects were involved in an altercation which led to a shooting. Authorities say the adult who was hospitalized has non-life threatening injuries. According to deputies, this appears to be an isolated incident, but the investigation

Photo by:  Hillsborough County Fire Rescue According to officials, one person died after a store in Dover caught on fire Sunday afternoon. The Hillsborough County Fire Rescue says they began receiving calls at 4:45 p.m. from people reporting fire and smoke in a store located at 3223 Sydney Dover Road. Firefighters battled the blaze from outside, according to HCFR. Authorities say they discovered one person had died inside after they were able to safely enter the building. HCFR reported that

A man was arrested after he shot a cat several times in the head in front of two children, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Just after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, deputies responded to an Auburndale home after a man was said to have “shot a cat’s eye out” with a BB gun in front of kids. According to an affidavit, a young girl and her cousin were inside the home when they watched the girl’s 2-year-old cat, Tiger,

Photo by: OCSO A dump truck driver is seriously injured after crashing into an overpass on I-10 in Okaloosa County late Thursday night. It happened around 11:10 p.m. on I-10 west at the Wilkerson Bluff overpass. Florida Highway Patrol says the driver — a 65-year-old Fort Walton Beach man — “appeared to have suffered a medical event while operating” the dump truck. FHP adds he “failed to lower the dump bed of the truck back down to the ‘driving position’